Hybridizer Miss Mary E. Blacklock (1860 - 1956)

Meadowvale, Ontario, Canada

Blacklock raised numerous iris seedlings with probably her best being 'Dora Campbell'. She was the owner of Rowancroft Gardens at Meadowvale (in Peel County), Ontario and was listed as a nursery for ornamental plants having a long list of iris in its perennial catalogue. (AIS Check List 1939 p.58) She was a member of the American Iris Society between 1921 and 1937. (CIS-N v22n3p72) (Researched by Don McQueen)

Registrations/Introductions:

Miniature Dwarf Bearded: 'Rowancroft Purple'.

Siberian: 'Snowdrift'.

Tall Bearded: 'Dora Campbell', 'Happy Chance', 'Helen Rogers', 'Miss Mowat'.

-- BobPries - 2012-05-18