Life Cycle: perennial
Propigation Method: division
Plant Family: Iridaceae
no
Historic?
Genus: Iris
TB
Classification:
Color Pattern:
plicata
Height:
tall, 33 inches
Bloom Season:
early, mid, and rebloom
Reported Rebloom:
CA, TX
USDA Zones 8, 9
Flower Form:
ruffled
Novelty Features:
none
Description
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Tall bearded iris 'Autumn Explosion' hybridized by Richard Tasco and introduced in 2013. Registered height 33 in. (84 cm). Early midseason bloom and rebloom. Violet and white plicata pattern. Standards warm white ground covered with red pansy-purple dots becoming almost solid towards the edges; style arms pansy-purple ridges, light lavender-white middle, lime-yellow edge, fringed pansy-purple crests; falls cold-white ground covered with darker red pansy-purple dots becoming darker towards the edges, speckling intensity can vary from flower to flower; beard hairs based white, tips golden-yellow in middle and throat, purple-white at end. Sweet fragrance. Lightly ruffled flower form.
AWARDS: Honorable Mention 2015 Award of Merit 2017 Wister Medal 2019
