Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1986
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Seedling Number: 80-131G
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls, columbine blue hafts and precise 1/4" plicata edge
Beard Color: White, lemon yellow in throat
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1989
Award of Merit: 1991

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: 76-126A: ((((Siva Siva x Diplomacy) x Montage) x (Vaudeville x Charmed Circle)) x ((Montage x (((Gene Wild x Majorette) x Rococo) x (Siva Siva x Diplomacy))) x (Vaudeville x Charmed Circle))) X Charmed Life
Child plants: 88 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-26
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-26
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