Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2017
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2018
Seedling Number: 09-44A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Pinard yellow standards; pinard yellow falls overlaid colonial yellow, topaz tan veining in heart, extending and paling beyond beards
Beard Color: Chinese orange
Style Arm Color: Pinard yellow

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: 05-116B: (00-103A: (96-19G: (Suspicion x 93-81D: (Spring Shower x 89-38A: (((Vivien x Battle Fury) x (Skyblaze x (78-52C: (Firewater x (((Jones 743 x (Marquesan Skies x Babbling Brook)) x ((Morning Breeze x Babbling Brook) x Jones 730-1)) x Intuition)) x Vivien))) x Twilight Blaze))) x 96-28B: (92-69B: (88-99C: (Florida Orange x (Flashpoint x ((((69-42A: (63-112A: ((Frances Kent x Mary Randall) x 60-183Q) x 65-49A: (Denver Mint x 60-183Q)) x 68-59A: (Radiant Light x (((Golden Gleam x Hallmark) x (Gail x Techny Chimes)) x ((Gail x Techny Chimes) x Golden Gene)))) x Orange Empire) x Orangerie))) x Island Dancer) x Crowned Heads)) x Decadence) X Haunted Heart

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2015-05-15
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2019-06-08
Location: My garden, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-05-22
Location: My garden, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-05-22
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-30

Date: 2017-05-29
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: My garden, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-05-20
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Uploaded by ARUBA1334
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2021-05-27
So beautiful!
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The Color on Yours Is So Intense! by kousa May 22, 2021 6:16 PM 2

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