Pink Clover
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TB, 30″ (76 cm). Late midseason bloom.
Color Class-VR1, Light violet-red self (erythrite red, Wilson), peach overlay at haft, peach-pink beard. seedling. 4910: (Hall 42-05 x ‘Pathfinder’) X ‘Pathfinder’. Longfield 1955.
From Long’s Gardens Catalog Summer and Fall 1957: “This recent introduction is a deep mallow pink of delicious color and pleasing personality. The wide, full flowers are large and of very heavy substance with arched, closed standards and semi-flaring falls. A taffeta satin textture enhances the beauty. The beard is peach pink.
NOTE: The iris Dreamcastle has been passed around as Pink Clover for several years. Please check out Dreamcastle and note that the latter is an orchid color with a white beard, and Pink Clover is pink with a pink beard.