Some irises whisper. Honeycomb announces itself — in the best possible way. This luminous blend of butterscotch, peachy gold, and warm orange-buff iris glows in the garden. Add a spicy fragrance, an Award of Merit, and 7–9 buds per stem, and you have an exceptional warm toned iris. It's been a favorite at test gardens and in home beds alike, and for good reason.
Type: Tall Bearded (TB)
Height: 34" (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Midseason
Color: Standards are a rich butterscotch at the base, the color softening up the midrib through a peachy cast into peachy yellow, finished with a fine white rim; style arms are cream with a peachy yellow crest; falls are white at the base with a wide orange-buff rim and deeper, richer shoulders — the whole palette sits in the warm amber-gold register; beards are fire red tipped with yellow
Form: Broadly flaring, heavily ruffled and laced; wide-petaled and vigorous
Fragrance: Pronounced spicy
Rebloom: Very limited (reported in OR only per 2022 rebloom checklist); generally non-reblooming
Bud Count: 7–9 buds per 34" stem; heavy bloomer
Hybridizer: Larry Lauer, R. 2006
Year Introduced: 2006 (Lauer's Flowers 2006)
Awards: HM 2008; AM 2012
Notes: Parentage: 'Crusader Rabbit' x 'Fashion Designer'. Zones 7+. One of the most visually distinctive warm-toned TBs of its era. AIS data confirmed.
Some irises whisper. Honeycomb announces itself — in the best possible way. This luminous blend of butterscotch, peachy gold, and warm orange-buff iris glows in the garden. Add a spicy fragrance, an Award of Merit, and 7–9 buds per stem, and you have an exceptional warm toned iris. It's been a favorite at test gardens and in home beds alike, and for good reason.
Type: Tall Bearded (TB)
Height: 34" (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Midseason
Color: Standards are a rich butterscotch at the base, the color softening up the midrib through a peachy cast into peachy yellow, finished with a fine white rim; style arms are cream with a peachy yellow crest; falls are white at the base with a wide orange-buff rim and deeper, richer shoulders — the whole palette sits in the warm amber-gold register; beards are fire red tipped with yellow
Form: Broadly flaring, heavily ruffled and laced; wide-petaled and vigorous
Fragrance: Pronounced spicy
Rebloom: Very limited (reported in OR only per 2022 rebloom checklist); generally non-reblooming
Bud Count: 7–9 buds per 34" stem; heavy bloomer
Hybridizer: Larry Lauer, R. 2006
Year Introduced: 2006 (Lauer's Flowers 2006)
Awards: HM 2008; AM 2012
Notes: Parentage: 'Crusader Rabbit' x 'Fashion Designer'. Zones 7+. One of the most visually distinctive warm-toned TBs of its era. AIS data confirmed.
