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TB Soaring Spirit 38" M VL Tompkins 92

Irises come in a rainbow of colors
which is why they were named
Iris, for the Greek goddess of rainbows

TB Schiaparelli 32" EM S Moldovan 74

Iris Colors

Bold colors - clear, bright Pastels - soft, subtler

Iris Patterns

Amoena	A bicolor with white standards and colored falls. A reverse Amoena has white falls and a different color in its standards.
Bicolor	A lighter colored standard with falls of a different, deeper contrasting color.
Bitone	Two shades of the same color. Falls are usually darker.
Blend	A combination of two or more colors "blending" together. One is usually yellow.
Broken Color	:Flower is irregularly splashed with one or more colors.
Luminata	style arms and hafts are white or yellow, the remainder of the flower is washed with color
Neglecta	A blue or violet Bitone.
Plicata	Stitched margins of color on the rim of the petals. Usually having a white or yellow ground color.
Self	The same uniform color in both the standards and the falls.
Variegata	A bicolor with yellow or near yellow standards and deeper maroon, brown or purple falls.