■(BB) 'Strawberry Apricot'

1999, Spoon

'Strawberry Apricot' ( Donald Spoon, R. 1995). Seedling #93-10A. BB, height 27" (69 cm), Early to midseason bloom and rebloom (October in Virginia). Standards light pink (RHS 36D); falls and style arms apricot (23D); beards darker orange pink (30B). 'Roney's Encore' X 'Ozark Evening'. Winterberry 1999.

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From AIS Bulletin #313 April 1999 Introducing STRAWBERRY APRICOT BB, 27" (69 cm), EM & RE (Oct. in zone 6). Smooth, pastel peach- pink self with pink-orange beards. (This iris is the color of the strawberry apricot ice cream we used to make in the Spoon's Ice Cream store in Charlotte, NC.) Graceful ruffles. Domed, closed standards and arched falls. Border bearded sized blossoms and stalks with 5-7 buds. Sweet fragrance. Very dependable rebloomer. Large number of fall stalks per clump. Fertile both ways. (T13 Roneys Encore X MTB Ozark Evening). $25.00. Winterberry Gardens.

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