■(TB) 'Gaudy Is Good'

2010, Black

'Gaudy Is Good' ( Paul Black, R. 2007). Seedling# M6FF. TB, 35" (89 cm). Late midseason bloom. Standards garnet wine; style arms dark gold crests, garnet edges; falls large (2/3 of petal) dark red spot veined darker becoming paler red toward edge, spot blends to lavender rose blended band becoming 3/8" medium brown-garnet band; beards dark gold; ruffled; slight spicy fragrance. 'Cranberry Sauce' X Blyth seedling# F174-1: ('Man About Town' x 'Island Dancer'). Mid-America Garden 2010. Honorable Mention 2012.

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From Mid-America Garden catalog, 2010: GAUDY IS GOOD (Black ‘10) TB Early-Midseason 35” (89cm). I do like iris with plenty of color. Gaudy is definitely good in my book. As little as ten years ago, I’d have said we were probably never going to get a visually red iris. Since then various hybridizers’ lines keep nudging us closer and closer to that goal. Today I’d say it is within reach. The central fall spot of Gaudy is Good appears very red with the outer perimeter looking even more so. The theory goes that if it can be that red in one area, it can be extended over the entire petal. Excellent growth and stalks insure full, colorful, even gaudy clumps for your enjoyment. Sdlg. M6FF: Cranberry Sauce X (Man About Town x Island Dancer.) $50.00.

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