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Iris Class:

Bearded

Bearded Class:

Tall Bearded

Age:

1970-1979

Fall Color:

Mauve/Rose

Standard Color:

Mauve/Rose

Pattern:

Blend

Beard Color:

Orange/Deep Yellow

Hybridizer:

Gibson J

Full Description

TB, 39″ (99 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards tan, flushed mulberry; Falls smoky mulberry outer rim, cream to white signal patch, garnet thumbprints; yellow beard tipped dark brown; ruffled and fluted. ‘Smoke Rings‘ X 34-5J: ( ‘April Melody’ x ‘Dancers Veil’). Gibson 1977.

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