■(TB) 'Uptown Lady'

2010, Keppel

'Uptown Lady' (Keith Keppel, R. 2009). Seedling# 03-22B. TB, 33" (84 cm), Late to very late bloom. Standards light lavenderblue (M&P 41-B-5/6) deepening to violet blue (41-EF-9) toward base; style arms lavender blue; falls light lavender-blue changing to silvery lavender-blue (41-A-4/5) center, slightly deeper (41-E-7) shading in throat; beards blue white. 'French Lilacs' X seedling# 99-118C: (seedling# 96-45J, 'Crystal Gazer' sibling x seedling# 96-35C, 'Adoregon' sibling). Keppel 2010. Honorable Mention 2013.

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From Keppel Iris catalog, 2010: UPTOWN LADY L-VL 33" (French Lilacs X (Crystal Gazer sib x Adoregon sib)) Prim, proper, and always impeccably groomed. Ruffled, with falls pleated near the haft. Clear light lavender blue standards deepen toward the base. Lavender blue falls are lightened with a silver sheen toward the center. Pale blue to blue white beards merge visually with the underlying petal. A very clean and serene iris most effective en masse, and one of the very last irises to open. Terminal and three branches, averaging seven buds.#03-228. $45.00; 3 for $115.00.

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