■(TB) 'Amas'

1885, Foster

'Amas' (Sir Michael Foster, 1885, Collected, Amasia). TB; Color code =B3M, 30" (75 cm), Early bloom. Standards paler blue; falls deep blue purple, prominent beard bluish white hairs tipped orange.

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Progeny

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References:

The Bulletin of The American Iris Society gives "Flowers large; early; light hyssop violet; Falls smooth petunia violet; stalk low and very well-branched; growth vigorous; 30 in. Details. Standards very finely veined, floppy; beard bluish white, orange tipped. One of the best germanicas, the parent of 'Oriflame' and many other large hybrids. The pollen only is fertile. As a parent it carries its size, height, often its color and poor substance." Despite this quote 'Dorcas Hutcheson' and 'Ursula' are said to be from pods on 'Amas'. 2n=48. Dammann 1895; also considered by some as synonymous with 'Macrantha'. Generally classed as Iris germanica L..
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 15: 3 Oct. 1889; Dammann 1895, Farr 1912, Francis 1920; Wing 1920; Cornell Arigricultural Experiment Station Memoir 100: 79 1926 illustrated, Berry 1929; Perry 1938; Tip Top 1938, Vilmorin 1938; Katkamier 1939, Gilbert Wild & Sons 1939, _Journal Royal Horticultural Society 53: Pt 1, 131January 1928 Trials, High Commendation Royal Horticultural society 1916; AAclix.
See also information on the Historic Iris preservation Society website

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Progeny

Amas was one of the most important "Germanica" cultivars in the creation of the modern tetraploid tall-bearded Irises. Here is a list of it first generation crosses;

'Alcazar',	'Ambassadeur',	'Angelo',	'Anne Bullen',	'Arac',	'Autumn Haze',
'Autumn King',	'Blue Bird',	'Blue Gown',	'Dominion',	'Dorcas Hutcheson',	'Dulcimer',
'Souv. De Mme Gaudichau',	'Speed',	'Susa',	'Tartarin',	'Ursula'.
'Edouard Michel',	'Eleanor Roosevelt',	'Frida',	'Grenville',	'Harbinger',	'Ib-Mac',
'Juliet',	'Kiltealy Shy Blue',	'Lady Grey',	'Lent A. Williamson',	'Lochinvar',	'Lord Of June',
'Magnifica',	'Mons. Chaber',	'Mrs. Walter Brewster',	'Neptune',	'Palmyra',	'Papio',
'Phyllis Bliss',	'Prospero',	'Pumilac',	'René Cayeux',	Sarpedon',	'Sir John Eaton',

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Culture

Quick Summary of Cultural Directions

BobPries - 21 Apr 2019

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Interested in Tall Bearded Iris? Please visit the: Tall Bearded Iris Society website.

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