■(TB) 'Biscay Bay'

1956, Schreiner

'Biscay Bay' (Robert Schreiner, R. 1955). Seedling# J 249A. TB, 34" (86 cm), Midseason bloom. Color Class-B1L, Very light blue self. 'Jane Phillips' X (seedling# H 25B: (seedling# 18-46 x 'Azure Skies')). Schreiner 1956. Honorable Mention 1958; Judges' Choice 1959.

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From Schreiner's 1956 catalog (Introduction Year): BISCAY BAY (Schreiner 1956) M. 34". In this massive, frosty, frilly light blue we have achieved another advance toward true blueness. Only of moderate height, suggesting foreground planting, Biscay Bay reminds one of Ponder, sharing its crystallinity, but going one step further towards eliminating that violet infusion. Hybridizers of other flowers drool over the blueness achieved in Iris. Iris fanciers, by contrast, hardly realize how rare blue flowers are in nature and how generous Nature has been to the Iris world in her glorious gift of blueness. $15.00
Historic Iris Preservation Society gallery link.

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Culture

Quick Summary of Cultural Directions

BobPries - 21 Apr 2019

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