1985, Tompkins
'Bishop's Cloak' ( Chet Tompkins, R. 1985). Sdlg. 80-130. TB, 35" (89 cm), M-VL. Midseason to very late bloom. Heavily laced deep mulberry, center of F. Falls flushed blue, fading to grape toward mulberry border; salmon beard. 74-114 X 73-9: (( 'Twilight Sky' x 'Garnet Glow') x 'Password'). Cooley's Gardens 1985.
"Lovely and regal as well as heavily decorated with lace, the elegance in this new iris is very evident. Both the standards and falls are a deep mulberry, but the falls have a blue flushed center fading to grape toward a border of deep mulberry. Unusual beards of a salmon shade top off the colorful array." [Cooleys Iris catalog for 1985]
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