■(TB) 'Tenderly'

2000, Nearpass

'Tenderly' (D. C. Nearpass, deceased, by Donald Spoon, R. 2000). Seedling# 90-81. TB, height 36" (91 cm), Early to midseason bloom and re-bloom. Standards ivory white, inner pink infusion, base peach; style arms ivory white; falls ivory white, central area light yellow veined peach pink, light pink border; beards tangerine, base white; lightly ruffled, flared. 'Ambrosia Delight' X seedling# O-76-15: (seedling# K-70-7: (('Lady Of Loudoun' x (('Enchanted Violet' x 'Emma Cook') x 'Pretty Carol')) x ('Country Music' x 'Lady Of Loudoun')) x seedling# M-72-20: ('Robin Redbreast' x ('Lilting Melody' x ('Graduation Gift' sibling x ('Snow Flurry' x 'Whole Cloth'))))). Winterberry 2000.

From the 2022 Rebloom Checklist: Rebloom reported in: IN, MT, NE, VA, TX, WI. USDA Zones 4, 5, 6, 8

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From AIS Bulletin #316 January 2000 Introducing Tenderly (Nearpass/C&P) TB, 36" (91 cm), EM and RE (October in zones 6 & 7). Lightly ruffled and flared ivory white self with inner pink infusions and warm yellow glow between peachy pink venation extending from the tangerine beards. Edge of wide falls bordered light pink. Unique, subtle color. Widely branched, sturdy stalks with 7-9 buds. (Ambrosia Delight RE-9 X 0-76-15: involved parentage with pod parent having Emma Cook, Enchanted Violet, Pretty Carol, Lady of Loudoun, Country Music, etc. and pollen parent having Whole Cloth, Snow Flurry, sibling of Graduation Gift, Lilting Melody, and Robin Redbreast). All profits divided equally between his family and C&P Iris Society youth fund. $40.00. Winterberry Gardens.

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