■(TB) 'Balmung'

1939, Sass

'Balmung' (Hans Peter Sass, R. 1938) TB, Midseason to late bloom. Color Class-Y8D reverse. Height 38". Slight fragrance. From yellow plicata seedlings. Honorable Mention 1940; Award of Merit 1942.

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BALMUNG is an imposing iris, handsomely broad-petaled and full, and the marking is confined to a definite, relatively narrow margin along the edges of both standard and fall. I consider it and colorful 'RUTH POLLOCK' the finest iris in their class. [Schreiner, Robert (1943). The Evolution of our Yellow Plicatas.>American Iris Society Bulletin, 88>(January 1943), 60.]
From Sass catalog, 1949: BALMUNG (H. P. Sass, 1939)-Yellow plicata. S. and F. yellow, bordered brown. Flowers large on tall and good branching stems. $1.00
From Schreiner's 1951 catalog: A striking yellow plicata. Broad petals, regular markings of clear brown on pronounced yellow background. Well formed, large flowers on tall stems. Sass 1939.
Catalog References: Kellogg 1939; Maple Valley 1939; Sass 1939, 1949; Schreiner's 1951; Tell 1947.

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Culture

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-- KentPfeiffer - 2010-06-05

• This variety has purple based foliage -- DavidPotembski - 2014-01-21