Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1981
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1981
Seedling Number: 75-103C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Vervain standards; white falls, purple heather dotted wash
Beard Color: White to lemon
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1983
Award of Merit: 1986

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: 72-40A: ((((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Caramba) X Flamenco
Child plants: 41 child plants

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Prvačina, Slovenija
Date: 2020-05-05
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 28, 2022
Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: 2021-05-28
Location: Vrtojba, Slovenija
Date: 2011-05-02
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2019
Brightens a shady corner beautifully...
Location: Thelma's Iris Garden Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-05-07

Date: 2016-11-07

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date: 2021-05-21

Date: 2018-10-24

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