Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: 03-20A
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Pink
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Pale pink standards, slightly deeper toward base; pale pinkish lavender falls, slightly lighter faint edge, paler center
Beard Color: White, soft ibis pink in throat
Style Arm Color: Pale pink, midrib flushed lavender
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012
Award of Merit: 2014

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 99-117B: (96-45GG: (Lotus Land x Fogbound) x Poem of Ecstasy) X 00-204F: (96-42D: (Lotus Land x 93-160A: (Frosting x 89-29G: (Social Event x Femme Fatale))) x 98-139A: (Social Graces x Vienna Waltz))
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2021-06-03
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-06-07
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2019
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-23
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-30
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-06-12
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-29
Uploaded by ARUBA1334
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-06-02

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-06-04
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-22

Date: 2012-05-19

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-06-02

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