Data specific to Irises (Edit)
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

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: 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

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

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