Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: 95-68H
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Peach
Purple
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Lavender standards, veined and overlaid soft apricot buff; dahlia purple falls
Beard Color: Henna
Style Arm Color: Golden apricot edges, midrib violet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2003
Award of Merit: 2005

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: (3-BCD-12). 92-83S: (Night Game x 88-140A: ((Tomorrow's Child x Gatty K41-1: (Show Biz x Villain)) x Gallant Rogue)) X Romantic Evening
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-17
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-16
Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: 2021-06-04
Location: Southern California zone 10a
Date: April 13, 2016
Yes, it's broad-shouldered, and it looks like a funny little old

Date: 2014-05-13
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2018-05-15
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
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Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: Kansas City, MO
Date: 2016-05-08
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: 2014
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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