Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 02-155B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: Blue white standards; light to medium cornflower blue falls
Beard Color: Blue white to cream, tipped yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Blue white
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2014
Award of Merit: 2017

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: Haut les Voiles X 00-258A: (Act Three x Sea Power)

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Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: 2017-04-26
Sea Cruise Clump
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2020-06-09
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: 2017-04-23
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Date: 2014-05-22
Location: Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden
Date: 2015-05-23
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01

Date: 2014-05-21
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04
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