Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: 06-77X
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Peach cream standards; lobelia falls, lighter toward edge and heart to grey blue
Beard Color: Tan light orange, hairs based blue
Style Arm Color: Peach cream, strong lavender midrib flush
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2016
Award of Merit: 2018

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: Silk Road X Roaring Twenties
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: May 2022
I received this as a bonus from Keith - never would have chosen i
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-05-09
Not a staged shot.    Background appears black when sunlight behi
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-04-29
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-05-10
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris Farm, Washougal, Washington
Date: 2015-05-23
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2019-05-07

Date: 2015-05-15

Date: 2015-05-15
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-05-08
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Date: 2015-05-14
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Date: 2014-05-22

Date: 2014-05-20

Date: 2014-05-20
Uploaded by ARUBA1334
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Date: 04-27-2015
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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