■(TB) 'Shannopin'

1940, Pillow

'Shannopin' (T. Lloyd Pillow, R. 1939) TB. Late bloom. Color Class-W9M. 'Redwing' X yellow seedling.

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From Edenwald Gardens catalog, 1957: SHANNOPIN (Pillow '40) M.40". Ruffied creamy white standards. Rosy pink falls, with yellow hafts. Beautiful and unusual. $0.60
Practically anyone who has seen Mr. Jesse Wills planting of Shannopin in bloom in his perennial border will agree that this iris gives one of the best garden effects of any iris in existence. Its light creamy tan standards and medium rose-pink falls give it great carrying power in a clump as viewed from across the garden. Unfortunately its virtues diminish when you get close to it, for its prominent haft markings certainly do mar the appearance of the flowers on close inspection. Yet this fact cannot prevent its being one of the most effective garden clumps in irisdom. Galyon, F. (1952). “Dark horses” of irisdom. Bulletin of the American Iris Society, 126, 21-22.

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