■ (TB) 'Haunted Heart'

2010, Keppel

'Haunted Heart' (Keith Keppel, R. 2009). Seedling# 04-133C. TB, 36" (91 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards pale pinkish grey-white (M&P 42-AB-1); style arms same, lavender lip; falls pinkish lavender-grey white ground heavily overlaid heliotrope grey (44-L-3) to lobelia violet (43-E-6) fine lining and texture veining, heaviest toward haft; beards light shrimp pink, light blue at end; light lace, heavy ruffling. Blyth seedling# N48-X: ('Royal Sterling' x Keppel seedling# 99-42Y: ('Last Laugh' x seedling# 95-49B: ('Électrique' x 'Romantic Evening'))) X Blyth seedling N213: ('Hello It's Me' x 'Reckless In Denim'). Keppel 2010. Honorable Mention 2012, Award of Merit 2014; Wister Medal 2016, American Dykes Medal 2018.

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From Keppel Iris catalog, 2010: HAUNTED HEART M 36" (Royal Sterling x (Last Laugh x (Electrique x Romantic Evening))) X (Hello It's Me x Reckless in Denim)). From the cross of two Blyth seedlings comes this ethereal beauty. Pale pinkish grey to heliotrope grey standards, falls a bit deeper, with shadowy, ghostly emanations of deeper veining from the heart, paling as they move outward. Inconspicuous heliotrope to ibis pink beards. A very subtle, very lovely flower with superb ruffling and heavy substance. Three branches plus terminal may carry nine to eleven buds. Already proving to be a good parent. #04-133C. $50.00; 3 for $125.00.

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