TB: HIST: At Sundown? 70s mystery iris

From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>

Another mystery iris - this one more recent & one that I am going to
daub some pollen on, so would like to get ID'd one of these days.  It
came from the lady who has been buying mostly from Schreiners for 30+
yrs, so is probably one they have stocked, but not necessarily.   

The form, color, and description is a close match to AT SUNDOWN
(Schreiner 1979) ML to L, 37", 'A unique new blend iris whose fluted and
ruffled petals present a luminous blending of sunburst gold, rose, and
copper-brwon from which emerges a blaze of rich golden tones in the
center of each fall.  This dazzler has excellent growing qualities,
hardiness to match its beauty, and rigidly branched stems with 8 to 9
buds per stem.  Truly a remarkable blending of amber russet hues".  

It has been a somewhat slowly increasing, but heavily blooming iris here
& matches the photo in the 1980 catalog al the way down to the dark
streaks on the falls on either side of the beard.  The one here has a
slight pinkish cast, especially in the standards, that isn't captured in
the photo.

Are there other TBs that look a lot like this one?  It reminds me a bit
of Fancy Brass, which doesn't do nearly as well here.  

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
more storms coming - this weather isn't helping me daub pollen


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