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Iris Class:

Spuria

Age:

1960-1969

Fall Color:

Yellow

Standard Color:

Purple

Pattern:

Bicolor

Hybridizer:

Ferguson, Walker

Rarity:

Believed Extinct

Full Description

Seedling #60-I. SPU, 30″ (76 cm). Early bloom. Standards violet; falls light yellow with violet lines. ‘Premier’ X ‘Two Opals’. Ferguson 1962. Honorable Mention 1963.

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