■(LA) 'Eyes Wide Open'

2016, Pryor

'Eyes Wide Open' (Heather Pryor, R. 2006). Seedling 49/98-GHP. LA, 39" (99 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards creamy white, cyclamen blush at 1/4" edge, white rim; style arms pastel pink, lemon midrib, base and ends; falls medium cyclamen pink, white rim; signals very large yellow blotch, red eyeliner surround on falls only; recurved, triangular form; sweet fragrance. Seedling 11/94-A: ('Lemon Sorbet' x seedling 35/92-A: ('Volcanic Wildfire' x 'Spanish Ballet')) X 'Our Dorothy'. Iris City Gardens 2016. Honorable Mention 2019; Award of Merit 2021; Mary Swords Debaillon Medal 2024.

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From Iris City Gardens catalog, 2003: EYES WIDE OPEN (Heather Pryor) 39" M $35.00. Creamy-yellow standards with a ‘hot' cyclamen blush at 1/4" edge. Falls are medium cyclamen-pink with white rim and very large yellow blotch signal which is surrounded with a strong red ‘eye-line’. Falls are slightly re-curved. Sweet fragrance.

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