NGA database already lists it as unregistered
also says under 'Parentage', 'collected in the wild'
The whole thing from Iris wiki:
(SPEC) 'Abbey's Violet'
before 1982, Collected
'Abbey's Violet' (Referred to by B. LeRoy Davidson, 1982). Crested Iris, a darker blue purple form. Flowers 1 1/2 inch in diameter, ground color dark red violet (RHS 86A), falls appearing darker than standards when first opening. Mentioned in American Rock Garden Society Bulletin. Iris cristata Solander. This cristata has been widely distributed but never properly registered. It is believed that it reflects the name of a nursery that first offered it for sale.
AntMan01 said:
I'm not sure if anyone today can knowingly verify they have the true cultivar.
Hmmmm...if it really was wild collected and possibly named by a nursery, referred to (somewhere?) by your buddy Roy in '82 and mentioned in an ARGS Bulletin at some point (the one Rick found?)...I'm not so sure that the phrase 'true cultivar' is all that meaningful in the first place...
could be that today's 'Abbey's Violet' is whatever dark purple variety some nursery is selling...
Good luck though!
Please let us know whatever you find out.
Mary, I look forward to seeing photos of yours next spring!
