1943, Graves
'Helen McGregor' (
Robert J. Graves, R. 1943) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class B1M .
'Purissima' X
'Cloud Castle'. Graves 1943. High Commendation 1943; Honorable Mention 1946; Award of Merit 1948;
American Dykes Medal 1949.
Dr. Graves named this iris in memory of his wife's maiden name.
"I must, I fear, confess to a sense of disappointment in the highly praised Helen McGregor. There is no doubt but that it is a first class doer, but neither the form or the colour were able to stand up to the difficult conditions. The sun bleached the flowers as soon as they opened and the heat collapsed the standards to such an extent that they became limp and flattened. It was possible to appreciate the ethereal effect of the soft cream shading on the haft and also the free flowering qualities of the plant. I should like to see this variety grown in semi-shade." [Gwendolyn Anley, (England), “American Irises in English Gardens,”
The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 107, “Iris Ramblings” (October 1947): 7.]
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