Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: James Gibson by Cooley's Gardens
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 24-0A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Warm chocolate brown standards; white falls, chocolate brown and violet blue markings
Beard Color: Mustard
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1999
Award of Merit: 2002

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 12-8B: (28-4I: (7-OB: (102-6E x Wild Ginger) x 32-2C: (Blueberry Trim x Smoke Rings)) x Burgundy Brown) X 18-6A: (104-4A: (7-0 PBR: (102-6E x Wild Ginger) x 32-2P: (Blueberry Trim x Smoke Rings)) x Gingerbread Girl)
Child plants: 16 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2019-11-11
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-05-02
TB Iris Huckleberry Fudge

Date: 2016-11-08

Date: 2018-05-23
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Home
Location: Home
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-15
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-24
Tall Bearded Iris Huckleberry Fudge
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Uploaded by mandolls
Uploaded by Rebekah
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2024-04-08
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2013-04-25
Uploaded by bluegrassmom

Huckleberry Fudge
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-04-26
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2019-05-01

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by Windigo
Uploaded by Windigo
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 9, 2015
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Uploaded by avmoran
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 3, 2015
Location: East TX  zone  8a
Date: 2009

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-17
Location: Lincoln, NE
Date: 2013-05-25
Huckleberry Fudge

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
Comments:
  • Posted by greathorse (Gladwin,MI) on Apr 7, 2010 2:33 AM concerning plant:
    Ordered this last year and i can't wait for it to bloom!! Looks yummy!!

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