[PHOTO] TB: Starlit Velvet

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• Subject: [PHOTO] [iris-photos] TB: Starlit Velvet
• From: j*@aol.com
• Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 10:29:29 EDT

This is one of my favorite "black" irises, STARLIT VELVET (Stahly, 1991).  I 
first saw this one in my mom's garden and it was a knockout.  Then, when at 
AIS convention in Denver 2000 I saw a clump of it in someone's garden and it 
stopped me dead in my tracks.  If it had been a convention guest I would have 
voted for it for the Franklin Cook cup.  I have not seen this hybridizer's 
Baltic Star that has been discussed recently on iris talk but am wondering if 
this is similar?

Very rich in coloration, has a very "plush" texture, smouldering bronze 
beards, and that fascinating white spray pattern.   Clean foliage, good 
growth.  Toward the short end of the TB size range, never falls over.  This 
is a "keeper" in my garden.

Linda Doffek
West Bend, Wisconsin, USA       USDA zone 5
Member AIS, SSI, MIS, TBIS, and Wisconsin Iris Society

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