■(SDB) 'Gingerbread Man'

1968, Jones

'Gingerbread Man' (Bennett Jones, R. 1968). Seedling M176-l. SDB, 14" (36 cm), Midseason bloom. Color Class-O5D, Deep brown self; blue-purple beard. 'Blueberry Muffins' X Gatty seedling M595: (Warburton seedling 56B-303: ('Little Shadow' x 'Zwanimir')) x 'Truce'. B Jones 1969. High Commendation 1968; Honorable Mention 1970; Award of Merit 1972; Cook-Douglas Medal 1974.

From the 2022 Rebloom Checklist: Rebloom reported in: CA, MO, NE, TX. USDA Zones 5, 6, 7, 8

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From AIS Bulletin #193 April 1969 Introducing GINGERBREAD MAN - Sdlg. M176-1. Blueberry Muffins x Gatty M595 ((Little Shadow x Zwanimir) x (April Morn x Frost Glint)). Deep brown self large deep blue-purple beards. Startling color combination, fine form and proportion. HC 1968. 14" $5.00. Bennett Jones.
GINGERBREAD MAN (Jones '69)-This popular blended-brown outdid itself this spring, though it has never been anything but a constant performer. It glowed in its brown tones, and I couldn't help but wonder if this glow had something to do with our cool spring. Or maybe this iris, now much used in hybridizing, was serving notice to its offspring that they would have to strut some to catch up to the original. [Joe Gatty, “A Median Review,” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, Vol. 55, No. 214 (July 1974): 55.]
Histroic Iris Preservation Society link.

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