Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1985
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1985
Seedling Number: 76-122B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Creamy white standards, lavender pink suffusion; white falls, 1/2" solid lavender pink edge, deeper hafts
Beard Color: White, tipped tangerine pink
Style Arm Color: Rhodonite pink
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1989

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: 72-30E: (68-39D: (((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Apricot Blaze) X 74-37C: ((68-39D x (66-35C x April Melody)) x Osage Buff)
Child plants: 12 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Texas
Date: Spring
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Location: Kansas City, MO
Date: 2015-05-06

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