■(TB) 'Calico Ruffles'

1992, Moores

'Calico Ruffles' (Walter Moores, R. 1991). Sdlg. 85-30. TB, 34" (86 cm), Early to Midseason bloom. Standards violet purple, base lighter; Falls violet purple, lavender plicata hafts and veining extending to edge; beards yellow white, tipped purple; heavily ruffled; sweet fragrance. Seedling 82-12: ('Barletta' x 'Scrimshaw') X 'Pandora's Purple'. Moores 1992.

Note: Moores seedling 82-12 is listed in the Iris Encyclopedia as 'Pittypat's Calico' but was not registered.

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From AIS Bulletin #285 April 1992 Introducing CALICO RUFFLES-TB, 34", EM. Stone washed violet purple standards lightening at base. Lavender plicata hafts blending to stonewashed falls of violet purple with yellow white beards, tipped purple. Stalks are well branched with multi-budded, ruffled flowers for a long season of bloom. Moderate sweet fragrance. (Barletta x Scrimshaw) X Pandora's Purple. Exciting variant for this color pattern! $25.00. Walter Moores.

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-- MichaelGreenfield - 2009-12-29

• TB 'Calico Ruffles' was blooming at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, zone 4b, approximately May 29 - June 9, in 2017. Even though I didn't notice any Purple Based Foliage at the base of the leaves, there was purple coloring on the spathes. -- HollyJohnson2017 -04-01 - 13 Aug 2017