Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2021
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2022
Seedling Number: 14-12D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Violet
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Violet standards, near solid center, cream remainder; violet falls, veined white to cream, narrow cream edge, soft apricot hafts, white heart
Beard Color: Scarlet vermillion in throat, light yellow in middle, white at end
Style Arm Color: Warm white, lavender midrib flush
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: 11-59G: (Arrivederci x 05-78A: (Montmartre x Lip Service)) X 12-106G: (Spendthrift x 06-198A: (00-68D: (91-153A: (Spirit World x Answered Prayers) x Ghio 94-170R: (New Leaf x 92-159-I2: (Spirit World x 90-54-I: (((Romanticist x 82-113G: (Gigolo x 80-58J: (((73-31-I: ((Ponderosa x Honey Rae) x (((Commentary x Claudia Rene) x Claudia Rene) x (New Moon x Ponderosa))) x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon)) x ((Flareup x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon))))) x Storyline) x (((((Handiwork x (Gay Parasol x Mystique)) x Goddess) x (Gem of Sierra x ((((Ponderosa x Honey Rae) x ((((Commentary x Claudia Rene) x Claudia Rene) x Ponderosa) x (Ponderosa x New Moon))) x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon)))) x Gigolo) x (Desert Fox x Shenanigan)))))) x Teenybopper))

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2023-05-31

Date: 2020-05-15

Date: 2023-05-13

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