Morning Hues


  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

ORIGINATOR: Rick Tasco

INTRODUCED: 2016

CLASS: Standard Dwarf Bearded

HEIGHT: 15"

BLOOM SEASON: Mid to Late

DESCRIPTION: S. cream-white, large sap green (RHS 150D) wash up midribs covering most of petal, cream-white edge; style arms silvery white, light violet blush along midrib; F. wisteria blue (92A), dark violet-blue (89B) center wash stronger and darker as flower ages, light plum blush on shoulders; beard hairs based white, golden orange in throat and middle, light blue-white ends.

PARENTAGE: 07-SDB-79-13: (05-SDB-31-13, Coyote Moon pollen parent, x 05-SDB-03-18-HR: (Punk x 03-SDB-04-02-HR: (Mesmerizer x Hager pumila 4471TyY: (Ceremony x pumila 2847WFlrPr: (BU 68 x Atomic Blue))))) X 07-SDB-83-55-HR: (04-SDB-07-33-RE: (All That Magic x 99-SDB-29-05: (97-SDB-17-14, Replicator sib, x 97-SDB-17-28 sib)) x 05-SDB-01-03-HR: (Mesmerizer x SIGNA 00A004, Mathes dark violet pumila-hand pollinated))

AWARDS: None

PBF: None

INTERESTING INFO:
From the 2016 Superstition Iris Gardens Catalog: Creamy white ground standards with a large sap green wash up the midribs covering most of the standards, leaving a creamy white edge; wisteria blue falls, blue violet center wash that gets darker and stronger as the flower ages, light plum blush on shoulders; white based beard tipped golden orange in the middle and throat and light bluish white at the end. This came out of my very involved reblooming space-age SDB lines, but shows neither trait. The incredibly involved parentage includes four different iris classes, plus space-age and rebloom genes, so should be very interesting to breed with.