■(IB) 'Fantastic Blue'

1975, Palmer

'Fantastic Blue' (Cleo Palmer, R. 1974). Seedling #7021. IB, 23" (58 cm). Early bloom. Standards light blue; falls light blue, white hafts from edge to edge, veined dark violet; light violet halo below yellow beard. Seedling #6662: (('Blue Sapphire' x Pierre Menard') x 'Regina Maria') X 'Little Titan'. Palmer, Riverdale Iris 1975. Honorable Mention 1977.

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From AIS Bulletin #217 April 1975 Introducing FANTASTIC BLUE: IB, 23", Sdlg. 7021. S. light blue; F. light blue, white hafts veined dark violet; light violet halo running from edge to edge in front of yellow beard. Wide, round, lightly ruffled, horizontally flared falls with very wide hafts. Vigorous increaser and bloomer. 1-2 branches; 4-7 buds. Limited fertility but may be a useful breeder for borders. Too big for best proportion. ((6662: 6430: Blue Sapphire x Pierre Menard) x Regina Maria) X Little Titan. $10.00. Palmer's Iris Garden.
FANTASTIC BLUE, another Cleo Palmer IB, had a fantastic amount of bloom on the clump. It is ruffled light blue with deeper blue shading across the hafts. The blooms are larger than many intermediates. [Dorothy Willott, (OH), “Medians at Philbrook Art Center”, The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 238 (July 1980): 27.]

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• IB Fantastic Blue bloomed at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, approximately, May 15 - June 3, in 2017. -- HollyJohnson2017 -04-01 - 01 Aug 2017