Atroviolacea
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Atroviolacea
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 20:35:44 -0500
Our garden's first bearded iris of the season bloomed today! ATROVIOLACEA,
said to be an infertile cross of i. pumila and i. lutescens, has been the
first to bloom, by several days, each of its three years here. The AIS lists
it as having been collected by Todaro in 1856.
ATROVIOLACEA looks a lot like a pumila to me. It has clear bright purple
petals and light bluish beards. Its five perfect flowers today seemed quite
beautiful to me.
-Lowell Baumunk
Front Range of Colorado
