■(TB) 'Belle Meade'
1950, Wills
'Belle Meade' (
Jesse Wills, R. 1950). Seedling# 79-46. TB, 35" (89 cm), Early midseason bloom. Color Class-W/B2, White-and-blue plicata.
'Blue Shimmer' X
'Snow Crystal'. Fairmount 1952. HM 1952.
Purple leaf base. Tetraploïd.
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From Iris Test Garden catalog, 1958: BELLE MEADE. (Wills 1952). M. 39 inches. A very lovely new plicata of snow white ground with feather edging of bright, clear blue violet. Perfectly formed flowers of heavy substance with a gleaming finish. Excellent stalks and branching. H.M. 1952. $2.25. |
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