Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: 85-33A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, pale lilac allover suffusion; white falls, finely dotted french violet, hafts paling to soft chinese violet to lilac shaded edge
Beard Color: White, tipped indian orange
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: 80-74A: (Pink Froth x (77-95A: (((62-30C: (Maricopa x (Quadros 57-193B: Surrender x New Adventure)) x Montage) x Roundup) x Osage Buff) x ((Barcelona x (Jones 743 x (Marquesan Skies x Babbling Brook))) x (((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody) x Osage Buff)))) X 81-259H: (77-101A: ((((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody) x April Melody) x ((68-39D: (((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x 68-40B) x Osage Buff)) x 77-71A: ((Pink Taffeta x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)) x Pink Confetti))
Child plants: 10 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Beaumont Ridge Iris Gardens
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2016-10-30

Date: 2006-05-23
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Date: 2006-06-01
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