■(TB) 'Buffy'

1969, Brown

'Buffy' (Opal Brown, R. 1968). Seedling# 6-5C40. TB, 36-38" (91-96 cm). Midseason bloom. Color Class-RP4YOPcm, Standards orient pink; falls ivory pink, dainty fringed edge pale orange-buff, hafts brushed RHS 20C; beard 21B, deeper in throat. 'Rippling Waters' X 'Grandiflora'. Brown's Sunnyhill Gardens 1969. Honorable Mention 1970; Award of Merit 1972.

From the 2022 Rebloom Checklist: Rebloom reported in: CA, VA. USDA Zones 6

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Awaiting original catalog description
Sometimes an iris is a surprise when it blooms. BUFFY was such an iris. Its description does nothing to prepare you for its pastel beauty. Lacy, buff-pink flowers of heavy substance are displayed on tall, well-branched stalks. During the 1970 bloom season this one stayed beautiful through some of our worst weather. It was probably the most photographed iris in my garden. [Mullin, Ron (1971). Irises I Like, American Iris Society Bulletin 204(January 1972), 10.]
Historic Iris Preservation Society link.

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