■(TB) 'Woodmont Plume'

1954, Mitchell-Lafrenz

'Woodmont Plume' (Sydney B. Mitchell - Ernest Lafrenz, R. 1953). Seedling# 4-55. TB, 37" (94 cm), Early midseason bloom. Color Class-W2, Fancy plicata, white ground heavily stippled red-violet. Mitchell seedling X Salbach seedling. Acalanes Gardens (Earnest Lafrenz) 1954.

'Woodmont Plume' was introduced by Acalanes Gardens along with Sydney Mitchell's other last and finest seedlings. These included 'So Sweet', 'Color Harmony', 'Coronation Finery', 'Evening Storm', and 'Dark Magic'.

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References:

From Iris Test Garden catalog, 1958: WOODMONT PLUME. (Mitchell 1953). M. 37 inches. The standards are a stippled deep red-violet. The round flaring falls are white heavily edged with the same red violet. Branching is good. $2.00.
AIS Bulletin #133(April 1954), pp. 34, 75.

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