Bronze Brocade
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Elizabeth Nesmith 1947/1948
Iris Class:
Bearded
Bearded Class:
Tall Bearded
Age:
1940-1949
Fall Color:
Lavender
Standard Color:
Fawn/Bronze
Pattern:
Blend
Beard Color:
Orange/Deep Yellow
Hybridizer:
Nesmith E

Full Description

TB. Midseason/Late bloom. Color Class_R6M. 40″  ‘Mexico‘ x ‘Sequatchie’.

From Tell’s Iris Garden 1954 “The name is most descriptive of this lustrous warm blend of copper red and tobacco brown. The standards are bronzy red, very broad and roundly domed with strong midrib. The semi flaring and ruffled falls have a brown undercolor blushed Corinthian purple around the bronzy gold beard. There is a darker band of Kaiser brown bordering both standards and falls. Heavy substanced flowers. Strong vigorous growth with 10 or more blooms on 5 way branching stalks HM 1948. 2.00.”