Re: Descriptions
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- Subject: Re: Descriptions
- From: B* J* <l*@cland.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 09:39:43 -0600 (MDT)
Sing7178@aol.com wrote:
>
> I just bought a few iris from a sale. They are named but I do not have a
> very extensive source of reference material to help me with descriptions. I
> won't put them all out now but....if anyone could help me I would appreciate
> it.
>
> They are:
> SABLE
> VIOLET HARMONY
> LILAC LANE
> CHANTILLY
> GRAND CANYON
> RASPBERRY RIBBON
> BLUE SHIMMER
> LOTHARIO
> LADY MOHR
> ACCENT
> CURTAIN CALL
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
> Gayla
> East Peoria Il
>
> The rain has finally stopped. Hope to get these iris planted by the weekend.
Hi, Gayla from an ex-Illinoisan! I have several of these and can help
you out too, along w/Bill. Descriptions are from Sourdough Gardens,
where I got them last year (but they haven't bloomed yet!), and from the
check lists:
SABLE, (Paul Cook '38) AM '40; (It was SABLE NIGHT that won the Dykes in
'55); Deep blue-black-violet, blue beard, large flowers, tall, early.
VIOLET HARMONY (Edith Lowery '52) DM '57; Light violet, lighter patch
upper center of falls. Very large, ruffled.
LILAC LANE (Agnes Whiting '47) AM '51; Pink-toned lilac, mauve effect;
beard pale yellow; slightly ruffled. Tall.
CHANTILLY (Dave Hall '45) AM '47; Very heavily ruffled orchid-pink,
cream at center. So heavily ruffled that it looks like edging of lace in
a lighter color. 36"
GRAND CANYON (R. E. Kleinsorge '41) AM '44; Blend of deep tones of
plum, copper and gold; slightly ruffled. 40", well-branched, long season
of bloom.
RASPBERRY RIBBON (Schreiner '51 ) AM '55; Plicata; standards and edge of
falls raspberry red; orange beard. 32"
BLUE SHIMMER (Jacob Sass '42) AM '44; Plicata, all-over pattern of
clear blue stippling, blue peppered on white. Large flowers. E-M 32"
LOTHARIO (Schreiner '42) HM '45; Standards clear light violet blue;
falls violet-purple, edged blue of the standards. Midseason.
LADY MOHR (Carl Salbach '44) AM '46; Oyster white standards; chartreuse
yellow falls; large flowers. 45" (Bill's description)
ACCENT (Walter Buss '53) Clean yellow standards; rose-red falls. One of
the 5 'Iris of the Year' in 1958, but I can't find any awards in the
check lists. 36"
CURTAIN CALL (Schreiner '67)(No awards in check list) Plicata with
standards and falls sparingly marked clear, fairly-like pink-lavender;
lemon yellow beard. EM 34"
Let's have the rest of your list! :-)
Barb Johnson ljohnson@cland.net
Southwest Missouri Ozarks USDA Zone 5b AIS Region 18 (MO & KS)
