Tamerlan
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What's This?
Vilmorin, 1904
Iris Class:
Bearded
Bearded Class:
Tall Bearded
Age:
1900-1919
Fall Color:
Purple
Standard Color:
Lavender
Pattern:
Bitone
Beard Color:
Orange/Deep Yellow
Hybridizer:
Vilmorin
Rarity:
GG eligible - protected
Full Description
TB 30″ E R3L
From Walter Stager’s Tall Bearded Iris: “(squalens) S. light violet-purple; F. deeper in color. Sometimes unsatisfactory in growth. 30 inches.”
From Rainbow Gardens catalog for 1925: “(pallida) Deep purple-violet falls, with paler S. Is close to Trojana, but rather earlier. A magnificent tall, bold free flowering Iris. 30 in.”
From Indian Spring Farms catalog for 1931: “S. light lavender-violet; F. hyacinth-violet; buff at edges; beard orange. Early.”
FCC Haarlem, HC RHS 1916.