1963, Moldovan
'Sterling Silver' (Steve Moldovan, R. 1961). Seedlings# 60-36. TB, 36" (91 cm). Standards silvery blue-violet; falls silvery red-violet. Brother Charles Seedlings# 54-15: (sibling to 'Celestial Snow') X 'Dr. Wanlass'. Moldovan 1963. High Commendation 1961; Honorable Mention 1964; Award of Merit 1966.
STERLING SILVER (Moldovan '63) For beauty of form, grace, ruffling, branching and substance, here is close to a perfect iris. The description of a "violet bitone with a silvered edge" fits it well on its home grounds. Down here in Region IV it shows more blue violet and silver. In either case it is a grand iris. Reported to have pollen only occasionally, but to be a consistent pod parent. [Ralph and Helen Lewis, “Iris from the Carolinas to Iowa and Ohio,” Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 179 (October 1965): 89.]
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JPG | SterlingSilver01.JPG | manage | 56 K | 07 Dec 2014 - 17:26 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Ogden Station Daylilies |
jpg | SterlingSilverEI.jpg | manage | 44 K | 20 Dec 2012 - 15:18 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Exline Iris Garden |
jpg | Sterling_Silver_fl.jpg | manage | 43 K | 20 Feb 2011 - 19:05 | IrisP | |
jpg | sterling01.jpg | manage | 78 K | 29 Jun 2015 - 19:30 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Exline Iris Garden |
JPG | sterlingsilver02.JPG | manage | 80 K | 08 Jul 2014 - 19:02 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Bee Warburton |