Re: 'Contraband Girl'

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I don't know the origin, but Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, NC sells
it. Their catalog lists it as "American" but someone there might know.
The plant is huge and vigorous!

Darlene Moore

On 3/10/2015 11:38 AM, Sean Zera zera@umich.edu [iris-species] wrote:
> Anyone know the origin of the supposedly tetraploid /Iris virginica/
> 'Contraband Girl'? It was pointed out on the Pacific Bulb Society
> forum that 'Contraband Girl' is already the registered name of a
> Louisiana:
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> (Duplechain, R. 1953) Louisiana, 36" (91 cm), M
> Lavender-pink self (Fischer RV5), orange-yellow signal. Collected.
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> It's surely not the same plant even if the species have been confused,
> as the /virginica/ is supposedly six feet tall.
>
> Sean Z
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