■(TB) 'Spring Romance'

1949, Miess

'Spring Romance' ( Elma Miess, R. 1948) TB, 42", Early midseason bloom. Color Class-W4L. 'Melitza' x 'Narain'. Seedling No. 551-A. Gold Cup 1948, Hollywood Show. Syllmar Gardens 1949. Honorable Mention 1950.

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From AIS Bulletin #113, April 1949: Introducing SPRING ROMANCE (E. Miess 1948) (Melina X Narain). It is difficult to describe this "breath-taking" iris by a word description. Picture a flower with crisp, horizontal falls, unusually wide and ruffled. standards wide, domed and ruffled. A waxy cream-white with a frosty overlay and a heavy infusion of aureolin gold at the haft with the added charm of an extra heavy deep orange beard. This infusion of gold at the heart of the flower casts its golden glow throughout the entire bloom. giving it great carrying value in your garden. It also has quality and refinement on close inspection plus a delightful fragrance. Spring Romance does not fade. The huge 7-inch blooms of extra heavy substance and long lasting qualities with nine or more buds, are poised gracefully on tall well branched stalks, vigorous and floriferous. Spring Romance, known as seedling 551 A., won the Gold Cup at the 1948 Hollywood Iris Show. Early midseason, 42"-$25.00.
From Easy Breeze Gardens catalog, 1954: SPRING ROMANCE (Miess '49) 42".HM '50. A wide and ruffled waxy cream-white with frosty overlay, deep orange beard and heavy infusion of aureolin gold at the haft. $5.00.
From Milliken Gardens catalog, 1952: SPRING ROMANCE (E. Miess) We admired this iris in 1948 when it won the Gold Cup at the Hollywood show, and we are proud to list this lovely waxy creamy-white with a frosty overlay, enriched by a deep orange beard, flanked by a golden infusion on the haft. The standards are domed and ruffled with crisp horizontal falls. Fragrant. 3-1/2 feet. $10.00.

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