Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2016
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2017
Seedling Number: 09-75C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Concord standards; slightly deeper, grape falls, some darker black brown veining and shading on hafts
Beard Color: Commodore blue, hairs based pale blue at end, tips tan in throat
Style Arm Color: Concord
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2019
Award of Merit: 2022

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Adriatic Waves X Noble Gesture

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2021-04-27
Royalty Remembered
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-06-01
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13

Date: 2020-04-03
So many deep purple flowers
Location: South Carolina
Date: 2018-04-13
Uploaded by Dachsylady86
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2021-05-05
TB Iris Royalty Remembered
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-29
First year bloom.
Location: In my garden, Lansing, IA
Date: 2022-06-07
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
First year bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-29
First year bloom.
Location: Daisydo's livingroom
Date: 2020-05-20
Royalty Remembered
Location: Daisydo's garden
Date: 2021-05-11
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gardenglassgems On August 27, 2022 Transplanted
From pot to Flower Garden Bed 2.
gardenglassgems On June 27, 2022 Potted up
Removed from Dizzy's Garden due to issues.
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