Early to Rise is a warm, glowing tall bearded iris that lives up to its name by getting the season started in early spring — and then keeping at it all the way through late season. Reaching nearly 34 inches with small-scale but intensely colored peachy-gold tone blooms throughout and a vivid red-orange beard that snaps the whole look to attention. The pronounced sweet fragrance is an added bonus that makes it worth planting close to a path.
Type
Tall Bearded (TB)
Height
34" (86 cm)
Bloom Season
Early to Late Season
Color
Standards are a warm, pale gold with a peachy blush blended through the center; style arms carry a deeper gold-peach tone; falls open in a tan-gold, slightly richer at the hafts (shoulders); beards are a vivid, punchy red-orange that pops against the soft surrounding palette
Form
Small-flowered for a TB; well-proportioned; early and long-lasting
Fragrance
Pronounced sweet
Rebloom
Not reported
Bud Count
Not specified
Hybridizer
Paul Black, R. 2011
Year Intro.
2012 (Mid-America 2012)
Awards
None found in sources reviewed
Notes
Parentage: 'Bundle of Love' x 'Abbondanza'. One of Paul Black's warm-toned introductions. Great for fragrance gardens and front-of-border placement given the 34" height.
Early to Rise is a warm, glowing tall bearded iris that lives up to its name by getting the season started in early spring — and then keeping at it all the way through late season. Reaching nearly 34 inches with small-scale but intensely colored peachy-gold tone blooms throughout and a vivid red-orange beard that snaps the whole look to attention. The pronounced sweet fragrance is an added bonus that makes it worth planting close to a path.
Type
Tall Bearded (TB)
Height
34" (86 cm)
Bloom Season
Early to Late Season
Color
Standards are a warm, pale gold with a peachy blush blended through the center; style arms carry a deeper gold-peach tone; falls open in a tan-gold, slightly richer at the hafts (shoulders); beards are a vivid, punchy red-orange that pops against the soft surrounding palette
Form
Small-flowered for a TB; well-proportioned; early and long-lasting
Fragrance
Pronounced sweet
Rebloom
Not reported
Bud Count
Not specified
Hybridizer
Paul Black, R. 2011
Year Intro.
2012 (Mid-America 2012)
Awards
None found in sources reviewed
Notes
Parentage: 'Bundle of Love' x 'Abbondanza'. One of Paul Black's warm-toned introductions. Great for fragrance gardens and front-of-border placement given the 34" height.
