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diggit said:On my color meter in my head, turquoise is on the left side of blue and violet is on the right side. If you go far enough left you find green. If you go far enough right you find red I suppose. I read a description once that said 'turquoise blue violet' and I thought , "gosh I'd like to see that color". I guess that's why they have color charts. But when I think of turquoise or aqua I am definitely thinking on the green side of blue. I will go find a pic of 'Stan Coates' and see if I want to grow it. Keep talking.

I have been searching for a true sky blue iris (to me that is a blue with a smidgen of green in it - see my post "Looking for a true sky blue iris) for years and was referred to Don Spoon who is the hybridizer and owner of Winterberry Iris Gardens in Virginia. He's been working on getting the same color and has been somewhat successful with the SDB's. He tells me that his TB Iris 'Procrastinator' is the closest that he has come so far with the larger irises. I bought 2 of them from him and am crossing my fingers that this is closer to what I'm looking for. He's fascinating to talk to and has a science background so he approaches his hybridizing from a genetic standpoint as well as just for beauty's sake.