(TB) 'Top Helen'
1961, Tharp
'Top Helen' (
Mary Tharp, R. 1957). Seedling# 1-55. TB, 38" (97 cm), Early to midseason bloom. Silvery blue self; styles and beard the same.
'Helen McGregor' x Suiter seedling: (
'Blue Champagne' x
'Sylvia Murray'). Tell 1961. High Commendation 1959; Honorable Mention 1962.
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Mary Tharp's TOP HELEN (what a name!) introduced by Tell's Gardens last year, is an iris to stir the imagination. Majestic blooms of pale violet-blue, standards rounded like the handles of an alabaster vase, falls with lilting horizontal lines, carried on the strongest, best branched stalks seen in many a day, leave an impression of striking elegance. Melba Hamblen, "Honors, Review and Preview", A.I.S. Bulletin 164 (Jan. 1962): 14. |
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