TB 32″ M

Deep yellow golden, falls veined mahogany, to 1/2 inch of edge; orange beard.

From Eden Road Iris Garden catalog for 1961: “Deep golden yellow with vivid maroon stripes in the falls. Beard is deep orange. Good substance and fine branching.”

Parentage lost, HM 1959.

Comment: Difficult to capture in a photo, ‘Hold That Tiger’ is a perky little bloom whose brightness is neither harsh nor harrowing. Bound to generate smiles in the garden! sdt