{"id":6064,"date":"2025-04-08T13:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/?p=6064"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:15:21","slug":"iris-wine-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/plant-highlights\/iris-wine-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Iris &#8216;Wine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Similar but almost the reverse of Vapor. I like Vapor better.<\/p>\n<h3>Description<\/h3>\n<p>by &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/gilberthwild.com\/products\/wine-festival-iris\/\">Gilbert and Son<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Iris Wine Festival \u2013 TB EM 38\u2033 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Note: Their photo looks much more pale lavender than either their description or my photo.<\/p>\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.irises.org\/TbUthruZ\/TbWineFestival\">Iris Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(Frank Foster, R. 1980) Seedling# 75-412A. TB, 38&#8243; (97 cm), Early to midseason bloom. Ruffled white ground plicata, stitched rose violet, very pale line through length of falls; gold beard. &#8216;Cayenne Capers&#8217; X &#8216;Rococo&#8217;. Foster 1980<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From AIS Bulletin #237 April 1980<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIntroducing WINE FESTIVAL-(Sdlg. 75-423A). TB, 38&#8243;. (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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Garden History<\/h3>\n<p>December 16, 2022<br \/>\nBought two rhizomes of &#8216;Wine Festival&#8217; from Gilbert H. Wild and Son for $12.50 each.<br \/>\nMarch 9, 2023<br \/>\nIris order arrives. Planted.<br \/>\nApril 8, 2025<br \/>\nBloomed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"100%\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/photos\/iris_WineFestival_20250408.jpeg\" alt=\"bearded iris Silverado\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[65],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6064"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6085,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6064\/revisions\/6085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}