Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1979
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1981
Seedling Number: 75-103D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (85 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Gold
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Deep gold standards; ivory white falls, solid wide brazil brown band
Beard Color: Yellow orange
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1983
Award of Merit: 1985
Fred and Barbara Walther Cup: 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: 72-40A: ((((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Caramba) X Flamenco
Child plants: 64 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Masterton New Zealand
Date: 2022-05-08
Autumn, fall, Remontant Blooms
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-20

photo by:  .Андрей Корзун
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun

Date: 2017-09-21

Date: 2015-03-12
Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Plant Events from our members
dragonfetti On April 12, 2015 Obtained plant
From Wild Oak Farms; Bonus. P/U in August.
Kahumingi On April 28, 2022 Bloomed
Remontant bloom Autumn late April through May.
Triple bloom stalks per rhizome and double stalks.
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