Wangunk


  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

ORIGINATOR: Fred Gadd

INTRODUCED: 1978

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 32"

BLOOM SEASON: Mid

DESCRIPTION: S. dark red with brown blaze; F. ruffled dark brown-red; yellow beard.

PARENTAGE: 14-64: (Black Diamond x Indiana Night) X 21-62: ((Jean Boyd Fittz x (Brass Accents x Halolight)) x Fortune's Gift)

AWARDS: None

PBF: Unknown

INTERESTING INFO: The Wangunk are the indigenous people of central Connecticut. The had three major settlements in present-day Portland, Middletown and Wethersfield, the latter in which the hybridizer Fred Gadd lived.