■(TB) 'Angels' Robes'

1979, Williamson

'Angels' Robes' (Bryce Williamson, R. 1977). Seedling 1174-1. TB, 34" (86 cm), Early to late bloom. Standards cream-white, brushed and netted country cream and light yellow, 1/4" light cream-yellow edge; falls cream white, brushed yellow; light yellow hafts; lemon beard. 'Islands Of Light' X 'Orchid Skies'. Cordon Bleu, Pacific Coast Hybridizers 1979. Honorable Mention 1981.

From the 2022 Rebloom Recorder: Rebloom reported in: CA. USDA Zones 9

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From AIS Bulletin #233 Spring 1979 Introducing ANGEL'S ROBES (Bryce Williamson '79) will vary in coloring, according to the season, from a warm cream-white to a cream with infusions and washes of deep, rich country-cream through the midribs and spilling over the hafts and across the falls. The flowers are finished with a thin halo of lemon lace around the rounded, ruffled petals. Easy growing and free blooming plants produce three and four branches, terminal and double buds on 34-inch stalks. Early to midseason. Cointroduced by Cordon Bleu Farms. Islands of Light X Orchid Skies. $25.00. Pacific Coast Hybridizers.
From Cordon Bleu Farms catalog, 1979: ANGELS' ROBES (Williamson '79) Creamy white brushed country cream to light yellow; thin halo of lemon lace around the ruffled petal edges. Islands of Light X Orchid Skies. Co-introduced by Pacific Coast Hybridizers. $25.00.

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