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Iris Class:

Bearded

Bearded Class:

Tall Bearded

Age:

1990-1999

Fall Color:

White Ground Blue/Purp Stitch

Standard Color:

Light Blue

Pattern:

Plicata

Beard Color:

Lemon/Light Yellow

Hybridizer:

Ghio

Rarity:

Available - not endangered

Full Description

TB, 34″ (86 cm), Very early to early bloom. White ground plicata stitched blue, deeper shoulders; beards yellow. ‘God’s Handiwork’ X ‘Snowbrook’. Bay View 1992. Honorable Mention 1994; Award of Merit 1998.

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