(TB) 'Shining Sun'
1940, Nesmith
'Shining Sun' (
Elizabeth Nesmith, R.1939) TB. Late bloom. Color Class-Y4M.
'California Gold' x cream seedling.
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SHINING SUN (Nesmith 1940) L. This variety is very late flowering and greatly adds to the extension of the iris pageant in the garden. The standards are clear cadmium or buttercup yellow, domed and firmly held. The arched and half flaring falls are the same color set off by a deep yellow beard. A glowing yellow self that is very useful in the garden on account of the clear color and great resistance to bad weather. Tall well branched stalks. R. 88 1940. 40 in. $3.00. [Mrs. Thomas Nesmith, Fairmount Gardens Catalog, Lowell, Massachusetts, A Selected List of Tall Bearded Iris. Summer 1942-Spring 1943]. |
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