Hybridizer Keith Keppel

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• Gardens Of Keith Keppel
• Registrations and Introductions
• Awards
• Iris Publications
• Biographical Notes
• Hybridizing Notes

Gardens Of Keith Keppel

Gardens of Keith Keppel

Registration Introductions

• Arilbred: 'Eye to Eye' , 'Jallab' , 'Nineveh' ,
• Border Bearded: 'Adolescence', 'Art Glass', 'Batgirl', 'Boondoggle' , 'Costume Jewelry' , 'Dance Card' , 'Desperado' , 'Embroidery' , 'Eye Candy' , 'Faux Pas' , 'Gremlin', 'Hopscotch' , 'Imbroglio' , 'Junior Partner', 'Low Spirits' , 'Mexicali' , 'Morning Twilight', 'Peccadillo' , 'Petite Ballet' , 'Picayune' , 'Prediction' , 'Rinky-Dink' , 'Shenanigan' , 'Snazzy' , 'Sorbet Swirl' , 'Wisecrack' ,
• Intermediate Bearded: 'Anagram', 'Attitude', 'Ballycastle' , 'Blank Verse' , 'Bonkers' , 'Brat' , 'Broken Promise', 'Bugaboo' , 'Candy Floss' , 'Citizens Band', 'Clique', 'Coal Tar', 'Dark Triad' , 'Doll' , 'Domaine' , 'Donegal' , 'Dublin', 'Dude' , 'Early Edition', 'Flying Circus' , 'Fruit Cocktail' , 'Galway' , 'Garnet Slippers' , 'Group Hug', 'Guru' , 'Hot Topic' , 'Jersey Cream' , 'Jump Start' , 'Latino' , 'Limonada' , 'Logo' , 'Londonderry' , 'Lunar Frost' , 'Marsh Mist', 'Masked Bandit' , 'Moonglade', 'Nectar' , 'Pale Cloud' , 'Perfume Shop' , 'Persnickety' , 'Poor Butterfly', 'Preamble', 'Protocol' , 'Pun', 'Redondo', 'Riddle', 'Ruby Slippers' , 'Safari Sunrise' , 'Sangria' , 'Soft Word', 'Solar Gain' , 'Spectator' , 'Spooky', 'Sunbreak', 'Synergy' , 'Tact' , 'Tantrum' , 'Tomfoolery', 'Triplet' , 'Trivia' , 'Unbroken Promise', 'Whistle' ,
• Miniature Dwarf Bearded: 'Breivity' , 'Decibelle', 'Fission Chips' , 'Icon' , 'Miniseries' , 'Rivulet'
• Miniature Tall Bearded: 'Persona'
• Species Hybrids: 'Family Crest'
• Standard Dwarf Bearded: 'Antics', 'Arson', 'Arvo' , 'Birthmark' , 'Brass Tacks' , 'Bright Child', 'Clockwork' , 'Coney Island' , 'Dark Design' , 'Dark Matter' , 'Decorum' , 'Devil Baby' , 'Devil's Night' , 'Dollop' , 'Easter' , 'Fine Print', 'Footnote', 'Gimmick' , 'Hoodlum' , 'Hushpuppy' , 'Impeached' , 'Jargon' , 'Jive' , 'Kitten' , 'Lemon Freeze' , 'Lingo', 'Minor League', 'Mochaccino', 'Moonbright', 'Music' , 'Orange Peel', 'Overcast', 'Prank' , 'Prospectus', 'Raspberry Ice' , 'Reward', 'Ribbons', 'Ringer' , 'Satin Accent' , 'Scholar' , 'Sharp Wit', 'Shock', 'Slang' , 'Small Margin' , 'Snickers' , 'Spree', 'Spring Fresh' , 'Squirt', 'Sweet Baby' , 'Tattler' , 'Tide Pool' , 'Toddler', 'Webmaster' , 'Zero'
• Tall Bearded (A-E): 'Abstract Art' . 'Actress' . 'Adoregon' , 'Adriatic Noble' , 'Adriatic Waves' , 'Alpenview' , 'Amazon Sunset', 'Another Suggestion', 'Answered Prayers' , 'Arctic Chill' , 'Aristocracy' , 'Armada' , 'Arrivederci' , 'Art Show', 'Artwork' , 'Autumn Leaves' , 'Babbling Brook' , 'Balderdash' , 'Ballyhoo' , 'Baltimore' , 'Bamboo Shadows' , 'Barbados' , 'Beguiler' , 'Beguine' , 'Bel Esprit' , 'Billowing Waves' , 'Birthday Girl' , 'Black Lipstick' , 'Blind Ambition' , 'Blowing Kisses' , 'Blue Ballet' , 'Bodacious' , 'Bollywood' , 'Bolshoi' , 'Bond Girl' , 'Boston Cream' , 'Bonifay' , 'Braggadocio' , 'Brass Lamp' , 'Brazilian Art' , 'Brilliant Idea' , 'Broad Shoulders' , 'Broadway' , 'Broken Dreams' , 'Candlegleam', 'Canterbury Belle', 'Caramba', 'Casbah' , 'Cast Adrift', 'Catalyst' , 'Catch the Fever' , 'Celtic Tartan' , 'Central Intelligence', 'Champagne Frost' , 'Champagne Wishes' , 'Change Of Heart' , 'Charleston' , 'Charmed Circle' , 'Charmed Life' , 'Cheating Heart' , 'Chenille' , 'Class Ring' , 'Classmate', 'Clean Energy' , 'Collusion' , 'Color Capers' , 'Colorfast', 'Complicity', 'Confession', 'Confidante' , 'Congratulations' , 'Cosmic Lady', 'Cosmic Voyage' , 'Cotillion Gown' , 'Covert Caper', 'Cross Current' , 'Crowned Heads' , 'Crystal Gazer' , 'Dance Recital' , 'Dance Step', 'Dancing Days' , 'Dancing Witches', 'Daredevil' , 'Dark Drama' , 'Dark Energy' , 'Dark Universe', 'Dawn Sky', 'Day Glow' , 'Dearie' , 'Desert Chaparral', 'Desert Moth' , 'Desert Trails', 'Diplomacy', 'Distant Roads' , 'Drama Queen' , 'Easter Candy' , 'Easter Charm' , 'Easter Dress', 'Edwardian Era' , 'Embellished', 'Emphasis' , 'Entrancement', 'Espionage' , 'Etiquette' , 'Ever After'
• Tall Bearded (F-J): 'Faint Praise', 'Fancy Dress' , 'Fancy Ideas' , 'Fancy Woman' , 'Faraway Places' , 'Fashion Event', 'Fashion Frills', 'Fashionably Late' , 'Fashion Designer' , 'Fiery Temper' , 'Film Festival' , 'Film Noir', 'Final Offer', 'Fire Danger' , 'Firewater' , 'Flame Amber' , 'Flamenco' , 'Flash Mob' , 'Flashpoint' , 'Flashy Dresser', 'Flatlander', 'Flights of Fancy' , 'Florentine Silk' , 'Florida Orange', 'Focus' , 'Fogbound' , 'Foggy Dew' , 'Foolish Dreamer', 'For Dessert', 'Foreign Accent', 'Foreign Agent' , 'Foreign Legion' , 'French Lilacs' , 'Friendly Advice' , 'Friendly Fire', 'Full Power', 'Gala Glow', 'Gambling Man' , 'Game Changer' , 'Game Plan' , 'Generosity' , 'Gentle Manner' , 'Gentle Rain' , 'Gentle Reminder' , 'Georgia Moon' , 'Ghirardelli Square' , 'Ghost Writer' , 'Gift Wrappings', 'Gigolo' , 'Gitano' , 'Goddess' , 'Gossamer Veil' , 'Grand Noble', 'Great Looks', 'Gringo', 'Ground Rules', 'Guardian Angel' , 'Gypsy Lord' , 'Handsome Devil' , 'Happenstance' , 'Happy Ending' , 'Haunted Heart' , 'Hearty Burgundy' , 'Heathen', 'High Achiever', 'High Desert' , 'High Octane', 'Highland Haze', 'Hit Tune', 'Hold the Line' , 'House Arrest' , 'Humoresque, 'Idle Rich' , 'Illuminati' , 'Immaculate Heart', 'Imperial Guard' , 'In Love Again' , 'Ink Blot' , 'Inside Track' , 'Irish Jig' , 'Italian Velvet' , 'Jazz Band' , 'Jazz Era' , 'Jersey Bounce' , 'Jitterbug' , 'Joint Session', 'Joviality' , 'Jubilance' ,
• Tall Bearded (K-O): 'Karakul', 'Kind Word' , 'Kitty Kay' , 'Laredo' , 'La Scala' 'Legerdemain' , 'Light Show', 'Limerick' , 'Local Color' , 'Lonely Hearts' , 'Lotus Land' , 'Love Letters', 'Lovely Dawn' , 'Lunar Ring', 'Magic Ring' , 'Magic Show' , 'Maharishi' , 'Major Issue' , 'Maraschino' , 'Margin Call' , 'Maricopa', 'Marital Bliss' , 'Marmalade' , 'Marrying Kind' , 'Master Plan' , 'Maximalist Art', 'Mendacity' , 'Merchant Marine' , 'Mercury Rising' , 'Meteor' , 'Miami Beach' , 'Midnight Oil' , 'Midnight Passion' , 'Mind Reader' , 'Mistress' , 'Mixed Signals' , 'Monsoon Moon' , 'Montage' , 'Montmartre' , 'Mood Ring' , 'Moonglint' , 'Moonlit Water' , 'Morning Mood', 'Morocco' , 'Moving On' , 'Mulled Wine' , 'Musical Chairs' , 'Musician' , 'Mysterious Ways' , 'Mystery Man', 'Naughty Nights' , 'Netizen', 'Nevertheless', 'Night Game' , 'Noble Gesture' , 'Nouveau Riche' , 'Ocean Liner' , 'Open Sea' , 'Opportunity', 'Opposing Forces' , 'Orangerie' , 'Oreo' , 'Overview',
• Tall Bearded (P-T): 'Painted Shadows' , 'Panjandrum' , 'Paris Fashion' , 'Parisian Dawn', 'Party Belle', 'Pastel Patterns', 'Patina' , 'Peacekeeper' , 'Perfect Gift' , 'Performing Arts' , 'Phoenix' , 'Pink Froth' , 'Playing Our Song', 'Plum Loco' , 'Poet's Rhyme' , 'Polar Seas' , 'Polished Manners' , 'Popularity', 'Power Struggle' , 'Pretty Kitty', 'Procrastination', 'Prosperity' , 'Punkin', 'Quandary' , 'Quietude', 'Raging Tide' , 'Rainbow High' , 'Rain Flurry', 'Rainbow Road' , 'Raspberry Fudge' , 'Reckless Abandon' , 'Reckless Child' , 'Restless Heart' , 'Restless Spirit' , 'Revision' , 'Ringtone' , 'Rio' , 'Ripple Effect' , 'Roaring Twenties' , 'Romanticist' , 'Rosarita' , 'Rosy Cloud' , 'Roundup' , 'Royal Academy' , 'Royal Heir' , 'Royal Majesty' , 'Royal Sterling' , 'Royalty Remembered' , 'Russian Violet' , 'Rustler' , 'Santana', 'Satin Ruffles', 'Screen Play' , 'Sea Cruise' , 'Sea Power' , 'Seaport' , 'Secret Partner', 'Secret Rites' , 'Secret Service' , 'Shadowed Light', 'Shandygaff' , 'Sharpshooter' , 'Shifting Gears', 'Shivaree' , 'Short Story' , 'Shouting Match' , 'Showmanship', 'Silk Brocade' , 'Silk Road' , 'Skyblaze' , 'Smart Move' , 'Smiling Faces' , 'Smoky Dusk' , 'Sneezy' , 'Snowbelt' , 'Snowbrook' , 'Snow Kiss', 'Social Event' , 'Social Graces' , 'Socialite', 'Soft Sell', 'Soft Touch', 'Somebody Special', 'Sorbonne' , 'Sorceress' , 'Space Signal' , 'Spendthrift' , 'Spirit World' , 'Split Ticket' , 'Spring Shower', 'Star Fleet' , 'Steady Date', 'Stormscape', 'Storm Track' , 'Strawberry Shake' , 'Sugar High' , 'Summer Shadow' , 'Sun Shine In' , 'Sunblaze' , 'Sundown Glow', 'Sunset Boulevard' , 'Suspicion' , 'Swedish Lullaby', 'Swirling Surf', 'Tamale Time' , 'Tangled Web' , 'Team Spirit' , 'Teamwork' , 'Teenybopper' , 'Telepathy' , 'Theatre' , 'Thundercloud' , 'Time Alone', 'Tour de France' , 'Trade Secret' , 'True Colors' , 'Tucumcari', 'Tunnel Vision' , 'Turkish Tapestry' , 'Tuscan Summer' , 'Twilight Blaze' ,
• Tall Bearded (U-Z): 'Undercurrent' , 'Underlined', 'Unstained', 'Upscale', 'Uptown Lady' , 'Vaudeville' , 'Venetian Glass' , 'Venita Faye' , 'Versailles' , 'Vienna Waltz' , 'Villain' , 'Vista Point' , 'Vivien' , 'Volcanic Glow' , 'Waterline' , 'Waterscape', 'Wealth' , 'Wedding Belle' , 'Well-To-Do', 'Western Harvest', 'Western Outlaw', 'What's Up', 'White Heat' , 'Wild Wings' , 'Wildest Dreams', 'Winemaster' , 'Wintercrest', 'Wintry Sky' , 'Wishes Granted' , 'Wishful Thinking' , 'Woodcraft'

Awards

• Keith Keppel was honored by the British Iris Society with the British Iris Society Hybridiser Award in 2021.
• Bennet C. Jones Award: 2011; see Median Iris Society Website
• AIS Gold Medal: 1998; see PDF .
• Keith Keppel was honored by the American Iris Society with the Hybridizer Award in 1974, see PDF .

• American Dykes Medal: 'Babbling Brook' (1972); 'Crowned Heads' (2004); 'Sea Power' (2006); 'Drama Queen' (2011); 'Florentine Silk' (2012); 'Gypsy Lord' (2015); 'Montmartre' (2017); 'Haunted Heart'(2018); 'Reckless Abandon' (2021).
• Caparne-Welch Medal: 'Fission Chips' (2011); 'Icon' (2014); 'Rivulet' (2022).
• Cook-Douglas Medal: 'Raspberry Ice' (2019.
• Knowlton Medal: 'Embroidery' (1977); 'Picayune' (1982); 'Peccadillo' (1989); 'Shenanigan' (1991); 'Petite Ballet' (1999); 'Eye Candy' (2010).
• William Mohr Medal: 'Eye To Eye'(2017).
• The Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: 'Protocol' (2002); 'Ruby Slippers' (2010); 'Garnet Slippers' (2011).
• The Wister Medal: 'Fancy Woman', 'Spirit World' (2001); 'Local Color' (2002); 'Crowned Heads' (2003); 'Fogbound', 'Sea Power' (2005); 'Happenstance' (2006); 'Drama Queen' (2009); 'Wintry Sky' (2010); 'Florentine Silk', 'Tour De France' (2011); 'Gypsy Lord' (2012); 'Montmartre' (2014); 'Haunted Heart', 'Tucan Summer' (2016); 'Reckless Abandon' (2017); 'Strawberry Shake' (2018); 'Volcanic Glow' (2012); 'Black Lipstick' (2023); 'Dark Universe' (2025); 'Ghiradelli Square' (2025).

2025:

'Dark Universe', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2025 Award of Merit 2023 Honorable Mention 2021

'Ghirardelli Square', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2025 Award of Merit 2021 Honorable Mention 2018

2023:

'Black Lipstick', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2023 Award of Merit 2021 Honorable Mention 2018 Walther Cup 2018

2022:

'Rivulet', Miniature Dwarf Bearded, MDB Caparne-Welch Medal 2022 Award of Merit 2017 Honorable Mention 2015

2021:

'Reckless Abandon', Tall Bearded, TB American Dykes Medal 2021 Wister Medal 2017 Award of Merit 2014 Honorable Mention 2012

'Volcaanic Glow', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2021 Award of Merit 2016 Honorable Mention 2014

2019:

'Raspberry Ice', Standard Dwarf Bearded, SDB Cook-Douglasl Medal 2019 Award of Merit 2016 Honorable Mention 2014

2018

'Haunted Heart', Tall Bearded, TB American Dykes Medal 2018 Wister Medal 2016 Award of Merit 2014 Honorable Mention 2012

'Strawberry Shake', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2018 Award of Merit 2016 Honorable Mention 2014

2017:

'Montmartre', Tall Bearded, TB American Dykes Medal 2017 Wister Medal 2014 Award of Merit 2012 Honorable Mention 2010

'Eye To Eye', Arilbred, AB (OGB-) William Mohr Medal 2017 Award of Merit 2014 Honorable Mention 2011

2016

'Tuscan Summer', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2016 Award of Merit 2014 Honorable Mention 2012 Nelson Award 2024

2015:

'Gypsy Lord', Tall Bearded, TB American Dykes Medal 2015 Wister Medal 2012 Award of Merit 2010 Honorable Mention 2008 Franklin Cook Cup 2008

2014:

'Icon', Miniature Dwarf Bearded, MDB Caparne-Welch Medal 2014 Award of Merit 2012 Honorable Mention 2010

2012:

'Florentine Silk', Tall Bearded, TB American Dykes Medal 2012 Wister Medal 2011 Award of Merit 2009 Honorable Mention 2007 Walther Cup 2007 Franklin Cook Cup 2007

2011:

'Drama Queen', Tall Bearded, TB American Dykes Medal 2011 Wister Medal 2009 Award of Merit 2007 Honorable Mention 2005	'Tour De France, Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2011 Award of Merit 2008 Honorable Mention 2006	'Garnet Slippers', Intermediate Bearded, IB Hans and Jacob Sass Medal 2011 Award of Merit 2009 Honorable Mention 2007
'Fission Chips', Miniature Dwarf Bearded, MDB Caparne-Welch Medal 2011 Award of Merit 2008 Honorable Mention 2006

2010

'Wintry Sky', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2010 Award of Merit 2006 Honorable Mention 2004

'Eye Candy, Border Bearded, BB Knowlton Medal 2010 Award of Merit 2008 Honorable Mention 2006

'Ruby Slippers', Intermediate Bearded, IB Hans and Jacob Sass Medal 2010 Award of Merit 2006 Honorable Mention 2004

2007:

'Music', Standard Dwarf Bearded, SDB Cook-Douglas Medal 2007 Award of Merit 2003 Honorable Mention 2001

2006:

'Sea Power', Tall Bearded, TB American Dykes Medal 2006 Wister Medal 2005 Award of Merit 2003 Honorable Mention 2001 High Commendation 1998 Nelson Award 2009

'Happenstance', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2006 Award of Merit 2004 Honorable Mention 2002 Walther Cup 2002

2005:

'Fogbound', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2005 Award of Merit 2002 Honorable Mention 2000

2004

'Crowned Heads', Tall Bearded, TB American Dykes Medal 2004 Wister Medal 2003 Award of Merit 2001 Honorable Mention 1999 Exhibition Certificate 1996

2002

'Local Color', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2002 Award of Merit 2000 Honorable Mention 1998

'Protocol', Intermediate Bearded, IB Hans and Jacob Sass Medal 2002 Award of Merit 2000 Honorable Mention 1998 Walther Cup 1998

2001

'Fancy Woman', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2001 Award of Merit 1999 Honorable Mention 1997 Walther Cup 1997 Favorite Guest 1997

'Spirit World', Tall Bearded, TB Wister Medal 2001 Award of Merit 1998 Honorable Mention 1996

1999:

'Petite Ballet', Border Bearded, BB Knowlton Medal 1999 Award of Merit 1996 Honorable Mention 1994

1991:

'Shenanigan', Border Bearded, BB Knowlton Medal 1991 Award of Merit 1989 Honorable Mention 1987

1989:

'Peccadillo', Border Bearded, BB Knowlton Medal 1989 Award of Merit 1987 Honorable Mention 1985 Walther Cup 1985

1982:

'Picayune', Border Bearded, BB Knowlton Medal 1982 Award of Merit 1980 Honorable Mention 1978 Judges' Choice 1978 High Commendation 1976 Exhibition Certificate 1976

1977:

'Embroidery', Border Bearded, BB Knowlton Medal 1977 Award of Merit 1974 Honorable Mention 1972 Judges' Choice 1973 High Commendation 1970

1972

'Babbling Brook', Tall Bearded, TB American Dykes Medal 1972 Award of Merit 1969 Honorable Mention 1967 High Commendation 1965 Judges' Choice 1968/67

Printable inclusive list of 467 of Keith Keppel's's AIS Awarded and Recognized Irises with links to each iris as of November 2025.

Iris Publications

Biographical Notes

• AIS Gold Medal: 1998; see PDF .

Hybridizing Notes

• Keith Keppel Seedlings
• Breeding Records (to be added)