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 Check List 1939 p.58) She was a member of the American Iris Society between 1921 and 1937. (CIS-N v22n3p72) (Researched by Don McQueen)
Registrations/Introductions:
Miniature Dwarf Bearded: 'Rowancroft Purple'.
Siberian: 'Snowdrift'.
Tall Bearded: 'Dora Campbell',
'Happy Chance',
'Helen Rogers',
'Miss Mowat'.
-- Main.RPries - 2012-05-18