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Iris Class:

Bearded

Bearded Class:

Tall Bearded

Age:

1980-1989

Fall Color:

Pink/Peach

Standard Color:

Pink/Peach

Pattern:

Self

Beard Color:

Tangerine/Pink

Hybridizer:

Nelson, John

Rarity:

GG eligible - endangered

Full Description

TB, 34″ (86 cm), Midseason bloom. Ruffled and laced baby ribbon pink; tangerine beard. Sdlgs. inv. ‘Pink Sleigh’, ‘Pink Taffeta’, ‘Coral Comments’, ‘Flame and Sand’, ‘Buffy’, ‘Tinsel Town’, ‘Wenatchee Valley’, ‘Glacier Sunset’. Pacific Coast Hybridizers 1987.

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