Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1981
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1981
Seedling Number: 76-120K
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Gold
Pink
Flower Patterns: Glaciata
Bloom Color Description: Pinkish cream standards; falls paler in center, deeper hafts flushed golden buff
Beard Color: Pale cream, cadmium orange in throat
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1983

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: 72-30C: (68-39D x Apricot Blaze) X 74-37C: (70-53E: (68-39D: (66-35C: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x (66-35B x April Melody)) x Osage Buff)
Child plants: 73 child plants

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\"Goddess\" By Keith Keppel
Comments:
  • Posted by TBGDN (Indiana - Zone 5a) on Mar 30, 2011 5:56 PM concerning plant:
    This was one of the most exotic irises I had ever seen up until the time I bought it; and tried to grow it! I can't remember the exact year I got it, but it only bloomed one time for me in 2004. Afterward I tried and tried by splitting up the rhizomes and replanting in different places. But still no success! There was just too much rot and winter kill here. So I gave it to some friends who claim it blooms just fine at their place. I don't make this entry with any great pleasure, because it is a very, very attractive bloom.

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