■(TB) 'Front Gate'

1955, Rogers

'Front Gate' (Guy Rogers, R. 1953). TB, 38" (97 cm), Midseason bloom. Color Class-W1, White self. 'Helen McGregor' x 'Sylvia Murray'. Rogers 1955.

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From AIS Bulletin #137, April 1955. Introducing FRONT GATE (ROGERS 1955) Introducing another homozygous recessive white self of a different, distinctive and appealing form. Its standards are arched and closed; its falls are flaring and undulating, sometimes as horizontal as Tobacco Road or a jet plane, unusual for a white. Chosen by an artist as the best form of all our plantings for her design of an Iris to be wrought in iron when casting our front gate. As clean and fresh as the advertised whiteness of a baby's washables on the line after a vigorous application of a strong detergent! Net $20.00. Guy Rogers.
From Fleur De Lis Gardens catalog 1956: FRONT GATE (Rogers 1955) M. 36 in. (Helen McGregor x Sylvia Murray). A white self of large size with broad arched and domed standards and wide, horizontal falls. A thick gardenia like substance gives it long lasting qualities. 15.00.

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