Ringdove
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Sir Michael Foster ,1913
Iris Class:
Bearded
Bearded Class:
Tall Bearded
Age:
1900-1919
Fall Color:
Lavender
Standard Color:
Lavender
Pattern:
Self
Beard Color:
Lemon/Light Yellow
Hybridizer:
Foster M
Rarity:
GG eligible - endangered

Full Description

From Wing Seed catalog, 1919: RING DOVE — (Pall. X.) Immense flowers, five inches in length, of splendid substance, heavy texture, fine form, with broad ruffled standards, and long drooping falls. Coloring warm; S. bright lavender-violet; F. deeper, at base veined still darker on lavender-white. Strong, vigorous and free, in favorable conditions exceeding four feet in height, and bearing as many as seventeen flowers and buds on a single branched spike. $1.15.

From Indian Springs Iris Garden 1927  “RING DOVE (Foster 1913). S. pale lavender-violet; F. a shade darker, with a band of dark lavender at the throat. Tall, thrifty grower. 50 cts. each; $1.25 for 3; $4.00 per doz.”