ORIGINATOR: Schreiner

INTRODUCED: 1980

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 38"

BLOOM SEASON: Early

DESCRIPTION: Tailored rich copper chocolate brown; self beard.

PARENTAGE: A 474-4: ((Olympic Torch x Dark Chocolate) x Applejack) X E 1068-A: ((Wild Ginger x Taste of Honey) x (R 1013-14 x 5 777-1))

AWARDS: None

INTERESTING INFO: From its introductory 1980 Schreiner's Iris Lovers Catalog: Straight from the smelting pot comes this dazzler. "Delightful magnetism" are the best words to describe such a stunning bright copper-chocolate variety. Here the accent is on the unique shade and clarity of coloring. It is a full brown Iris, not an off-gold register of brown. Copper Nugget is definitely a worthy addition to this limited color class. It is just great! Each flower is finely porportioned, as well as lightly and uniformly fluted. Branching is fair and moderately budded. The big surprise, though, is its fulgent metallic copper-brown sheen. $25.00