■(TB) 'Pale Moonlight'

1931, Essig

'Pale Moonlight' (Edward Essig, 1930) TB, Midseason bloom. Color Class-B1L ('Caterina' X 'Marian Mohr') X ('California Blue'). Essig 1931; Honorable Mention 1933.

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From Milliken Iris Gardens catalog, 1940: PALE MOONLIGHT (Essig) One of the most sensational irises in our garden. Large stately Rowers of pale blue, uniform throughout, carried on tall sturdy stems. The standards are four inches high, the falls slightly flaring and four inches long, and the beard a bright orange. We have seen single stems with as many as six of these enormous blooms open at one time. We cannot praise this iris too highly. 4 feet. " The plant of Pale Moonlight you sent me was the biggest one I ever saw and threw four tremendous bloom stalks, which made it the outstanding thing in the garden." (Virginia.) See illustration, page 16. 35c; 3 for 75c.
Its lush growth in early spring signifies tenderness for the very early Pale Moonlight, but the eight-inch flowers of soft, pale blue are well worth any necessary protection. [Lila McCombs, “A Critical Evaluation of Older Irises”, The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 110 (July 1948): 59.]

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