(TB) 'Azalea'

1946, Nesmith

'Azalea' ( Elizabeth Nesmith, R. 1944) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-R4L. 'Melitza' x 'Leilani'. Fairmount 1946.

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AZALEA (Nesmith 1946) M. Charming in color this smoothly finished pink has received much favorable comment from A.I.S. judges. The color is Azalea pink (R. H. Color Chart) or light Congo pink (Ridgway) with just a flush of ivory enveloping the whole flower. The standards are highly domed and firmly held by the strong midrib, the falls are rather long and semi-flaring in pleasing proportion to the standards. The color is deeper than 'Overture' or 'Spindrift' and there are no venations to mar the smoothness of finish. Beard coral pink. A medium sized flower of texture, this iris is an advancement in this new class of Congo pinks. Floriferous and increases rapidly. H. C., A. I. S. 1944. 36 in. $15.00. [<iFairmount Gardens Catalog, 1946, Lowell, Massachusetts]
AZALEA---A little lighter than 'Exquisite' and with a gold beard (Mass.). [Unknown author, Varietal Comment. AIS Bulletin #101 (April 1946): 72]
AZALEA - (Nesmith '46) is a lovely pastel pink with a tangerine beard and deeper color in the falls. It is a smoothly finished flower." [David R. Kinnish, O. S. B., (Kansas), “In Kansas, Missouri and Illinois,” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 107, “Iris Ramblings” (October 1947): 39.]

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