Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 91-88C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Pale lavender pink standards flushed mauvette; warm white falls, 1" belladonna border, fine dotting and thin centerline
Beard Color: Burnt orange, exteme end
Style Arm Color: Light peach, pinkish violet midrib
Fragrance: Sweet
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 88-63A: ((Highland Haze x (Anon x (((Montage x April Melody) x Jealous Lover) x (68-17A x April Melody))) x (Anon x (((Montage x April Melody) x Jealous Lover) x (68-17A x April Melody)))) x (Ever After x Lorilee)) X Dawn Sky
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2019-05-12

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Date: 2020-05-12
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a
Date: 2020-05-07
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Location: Pleasants Valley Iris Farm, Vacaville CA
Date: 2010-04-28
Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm, www.irisfarmer.com
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Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-17

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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