Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1990 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1991 |
Seedling Number: | 84-175A |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 36 inches (91 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Peach |
Flower Patterns: | Self |
Bloom Color Description: | Buff peach |
Beard Color: | Flame |
Fragrance: | Pronounced Musky |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1993 Award of Merit: 1997 |
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: | 78-25D: (73-17C: (68-52S: (B. Jones 743: (inv. Limelight, Gold Ruffles, Frost and Flame, Spindrift, Jeb Stuart, Carabella, Cloudcap, Crystal Flame) x 65-32A: (Marquesan Skies x Babbling Brook)) x Pink Sleigh) x Thelma Rudolph) X Gatty M8-2A: ((Pretty Lady x G69-2: ((Princess x Pink Sleigh) x Playgirl)) |
Child plants: | 39 child plants |
« Add a new plant to the database
» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name
« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)