Royal Touch
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Schreiner's 1966/1967
Iris Class:
Bearded
Bearded Class:
Tall Bearded
Age:
1960-1969
Fall Color:
Purple
Standard Color:
Purple
Pattern:
Self
Beard Color:
Blue/Purple
Hybridizer:
Schreiner
Rarity:
GG eligible - protected

Full Description

TB, 35″ (89 cm). Late bloom. Dark marine blue-violet uniform color; navy blue beard. Seedling# S 635-A ((seedling# J 219-A (‘Blue Ensign’ x (‘The Admiral’ x ‘Great Lakes’)) X Randolph seedling# 53-244-2 ((‘Pierre Menard’ x (‘Distance’ x ‘Sylvia Murray’)). Schreiner 1967. Honorable Mention 1968; Judges Choice 1968, 1969; Award of Merit 1970.

From Gilbert Wild 1986: M.L. 34″. In the RHS color chart this Iris is called Victoria violet but the average flower lover will think of it as a pansy violet. An absolute self in color. Smooth texture and substance of almost cardboard rigidity. H.C.,1965. H.M., 1968. A.M., 1970.