■(TB) 'White Peacock'
1952, Pattison
'White Peacock' (
Mrs. D. Pattison, R. 1950) TB, 40" (102 cm), Midseason bloom. Pure white self. (Superseded and Released, White Peacock; Faught, Reg. 1944, N.).
'Lady Boscawen' x
'Katharine Fay'. Stuetzel 1952. High Commendation 1951. Honorable Mention 1952, Award of Merit 1955, Cook Cup 1956.
"White Peacock (Pattison '52)-Buds show a blue cast, but flowers open and are white, the heaviest substance I have seen in a white iris. Well branched, flowers nicely ruffled on 40 inch stalk. An outstanding iris. -MRS. OTTO STUETZEL." [“Region 15, Varietal Comments,” Advertisement.
The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 134 (July 1954): 73.]
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