April 8th, 2025
Iris ‘Wine Festival
Similar but almost the reverse of Vapor. I like Vapor better.
Description
by ‘Gilbert and Son‘
Iris Wine Festival – TB EM 38″ Re. Like a fine wine, this full-bodied merlot pairs up with blushes and blends, peppered with rich mahogany and splashes of violet. White spotlights highlight this festival of blooms in an eye-catching display of delight. Very light fragrance.
Note: Their photo looks much more pale lavender than either their description or my photo.
by Iris Wiki
(Frank Foster, R. 1980) Seedling# 75-412A. TB, 38″ (97 cm), Early to midseason bloom. Ruffled white ground plicata, stitched rose violet, very pale line through length of falls; gold beard. ‘Cayenne Capers’ X ‘Rococo’. Foster 1980
From AIS Bulletin #237 April 1980
Introducing WINE FESTIVAL-(Sdlg. 75-423A). TB, 38″. (Cayenne Capers X Rococo), E-M. Plicata perfection in this rose-violet on white ground beauty! Plenty of buds, good branching, ramrod stiff stalks and vigor hardiness plus! Ruffled, domed standards; wide falls are semi-flaring and ruffled. Excellent substance. A color showpiece long remembered. $25.00. Frank Foster.
Garden History
December 16, 2022
Bought two rhizomes of ‘Wine Festival’ from Gilbert H. Wild and Son for $12.50 each.
March 9, 2023
Iris order arrives. Planted.
April 8, 2025
Bloomed.
by M Sinclair Stevens