Lavandulacea
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Louis Benoît Van Houtte 1854
Iris Class:
Bearded
Bearded Class:
Tall Bearded
Age:
Before 1900
Fall Color:
Lavender
Standard Color:
Cream/Buff
Pattern:
Bicolor
Beard Color:
Lemon/Light Yellow
Hybridizer:
Van Houtte
Rarity:
Available - not endangered

Full Description

TB M S1L

From the Wing Seed Co. catalog for 1920: “Very pale and delicate coloring. S. very delicate mingling of palest lavender and Havana-brown, brightened with gold at the base; F. lovely pure lavender, slightly touched at the edge with gold and fawn, base netted greenish-gold on white. All divisions broad and rounded. Charming.”

Note: Probably a Lémon seedling intro’d by Van Houtte’s nursery, per the 1939 checklist.