Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Classification: Dutch, Spanish and English
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Violet

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Plant Height: 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Bulb

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Common names
  • Dutch Iris
  • Iris
Also sold as:
  • Willem Verschuur

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Date: c. 1933
illustration from the 1933 catalog, Wayside Gardens, Mentor, Ohio
Comments:
  • Posted by scvirginia on Jun 15, 2020 10:14 AM concerning plant:
    Description from the May 1937 Bulletin of the American Iris Society, pp.25, 64:
    Willem Verschuur—S[tandards] Soft Bluish Violet deepening to Bradley's Violet. F[alls] Light Blue Violet veined darker. Standards somewhat hooded, not an impressive sort.

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