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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: 01-49A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Glaciata
Bloom Color Description: Citron yellow standards; cream white falls merging into citron yellow, upper 1/3 darker than dandelion, small white circle either side of inner beard
Beard Color: Cadmium yellow, white at end
Style Arm Color: Pinard yellow
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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 99-61A: (96-11D, Moonlit Water sibling, x New Leaf) X High Master

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: May 2022
I've got sunshine on a rainy day
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: May 2022
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2022-05-24
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-20
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2020-05-11
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-05-02
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2022-04-25
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-05-02
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2016
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-21
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-28
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-04
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-19
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 29, 2017
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-21
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-20
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-05-01
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-01
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-18
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-23
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-23
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2016
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-03

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-20
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-01
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-01
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-20
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-08-31
Uploaded by Betja
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Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Feb 28, 2012 10:37 AM concerning plant:
    This iris is a sibling to Montmartre, another amazingly beautiful Keppel iris.
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