Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Brad Kasperek
Year Of Registration: 1994
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 91B-3A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Silver/Grey
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Broken
Bloom Color Description: Light tan standards fading to grey streaked silver white; dark to medium violet falls highlighted with creamy white streaking
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped violet
Style Arm Color: Tan, violet lip
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1998

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Glitz 'n Glitter X Tiger Honey
Child plants: 72 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: New Zealand
Date: 2020-11-05
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Date: 2020-03-28
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Date: 2023-06-01
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2020-03-25
Location: North Logan, Utah
Date: 2023-06-01
Macro shot of Gnus Flash detail
Location: North Logan, Utah
Date: 2023-06-01
One of my favorite Kasparek iris!
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2022-05-09
Location: new albany, in
Date: May 2018
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2021-11-08
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2024-05-14
Iris TB 'Gnus Flash' (Kasperek, 1994)
Uploaded by iciris
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-23

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Hanover PA
Date: 5/9/2011
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2024-05-14
Iris TB 'Gnus Flash' (Kasperek, 1994)
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-03
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-23

Date: 2017-11-18
Location: Hanover PA
Date: 5/9/2011
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-27
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-27
Location: Kansas City, MO
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-23
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-23
Location: Carrie's garden, Trail, Oregon
Date: 2019-05-17

Date: 2019-05-07
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-11-11
Location: Pfister display beds on the UN-L campus in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: Carrie's garden, Trail, Oregon
Date: 2019-05-12
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-24
Uploaded by starwoman
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Location: Jones OK,
Date: April 2015
Gnus Flash
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-09
Gnu’s Flash
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-04
Gnu’s Flash
Uploaded by Lestv
Location: Bochnia, Poland
Date: 2008-06-13
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-24

Photo Courtesy of E and B Farm Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-05-08
Location: Bristol, VA
Date: 2020-05-04
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-29

Date: 2018-11-15

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by Crazy4iris on Nov 29, 2023 12:19 AM concerning plant:
    This is such a prolific grower in zone 6A for me! This gorgeous iris was hybridized just 40 minutes away in Elwood, Utah. It's one of my Brad Kasparek favorites

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