Hybridizer Miss M. E. Blacklock

Meadowvale, Ontario, Canada

Blacklock raised numerous iris seedlings with probably her best being 'Dora Campbell'. She was the owner of Rowancroft Gardens at Meadowvale (in Peel County), Ontario and was listed as a nursery for ornamental plants having a long list of iris in its perennial catalogue. (AIS ’39 p.58) She was a member of the American IIris Society between 1921 and 1937. (CIS-N v22n3p72)

Registrations/Introductions:

Miniature Dwarf Bearded: 'Rowancroft Purple'.

Siberian: 'Snowdrift'.

Tall Bearded: 'Dora Campbell', 'Happy Chance', 'Helen Rogers', 'Miss Mowat'.

-- Main.RPries - 2012-05-18