Re: HYB: Help! What is this amoena?
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- Subject: Re: HYB: Help! What is this amoena?
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 00:11:46 -0600 (MDT)
Mike, in answering Giff's question about his tan amoena said:
<<The iris that immediately comes to mind is Trudy (Tompkins '71) I will give
the catalog description from a '71 Cooley's [....]
"Trudy (Tompkins, '64) VL. 36" here is a color break in the amoena class.
The standards are pure white shading to gold at the base. Falls are
brownish with old gold beard. A breeder's Iris that is certainly
different.">>
For what it may be worth, this sounds a lot like the first iris that came to
my mind. This is one illustrated in the Random House book of Perennials, vol
I, p. 209. Identified as SULTRY SKY, registered by Neel in 1952. Looks a
whole lot like TRUDY. It is listed as a BB, the standards could not really be
called pure white, and it is an older iris, so I dismissed the idea.
Interestingly, the parentage is FAIR ELAINE X WABASH.
Anner Whitehead, Richmond, VA
Henry Hall henryanner@aol.com
