Re: TBs (and mystery cultivar)

 

Thanks! This plant is indeed very glaucous and without purple-based foliage. The color really does stand out. As a probable diploid I'll try crossing it with some species oncos - urmiensis and paradoxa f. choschab will be blooming shortly.


Sean Z



On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 10:40 AM, <C*@aol.com> wrote:
 

Quite possibly Vilmorin's 'Caprice'. This iris is known for the strong grape fragrance, and bluish beard. It is a handsome sort, with, as I recall, distinctly glaucous foliage. My records show no purple staining to the foliage bases of 'Caprice' as grown here. I think it is a stunner. Scatter a few of these small brightly colored tailored selfs in with one's complex cutting edge moderns and a bed really comes to life. 
 
Austin W. W. Sand in his Bearded Iris: A Perennial Suited to all Gardens (Cornell Extension Bulletin 112 ( 1925) gives a date of 1904, but the 1939 AIS Check List gives the date as 1898, and identifies that as the seedling year. One of the synonyms is "Abeille Merveilleuse."
 
AMW
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Zera <z*@umich.edu>
To: iris-species <i*@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, May 26, 2013 10:24 am
Subject: [iris-species] TBs (and mystery cultivar)

 
Looks like none of my modern TBs are going to bloom this year, probably a combination of last year's drought and no weeding. The species beardeds and heirlooms don't seem to care, though!

Anyone know what this cultivar might be? It was a passalong simply described as "grape-scented iris". Looks and smells like pallida, but is bright red-purple, maybe 1/2 to 3/4 the height of typical garden pallida and with smaller flowers.


Sean Z
Zone 6a
SE Michigan


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