■(SDB) 'Tinkerbell'

1954, Douglas

'Tinkerbell' (Geddes Douglas, R. 1954). SDB, 13" (33 cm), Early bloom. Color Class-B3, Standards medium blue, falls dark blue; white beard. 'Helen McGregor' x pumila blue. Fairmount, Brentwood 1954. Honorable Mention as an IB 1957; Award of Merit RHS, BIS 1959; Cook-Douglas Award 1960.

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From Walter Marx Gardens catalog 1962: TINKERBELL (Douglas 1954) Each 1.50. Our favorite of the Lilliputs. Neat flaring sky blue of exquisite form. Dainty falls are accented by a deeper blue patch. Ruffled to perfection. 12 inches.
American Iris Society. Median Color Classification-AIS 1966 Revision. Bulletin of the American Iris Society 184(Jan. 1967):51.
Fairmount 1954 gives "TINKERBELL (Douglas 1954) E. A neat flaring blue with deeper blue spot in the center of the falls. The extreme ruffling of the flowers is most attractive. Lovely for border planting. 12 in
'Tinkerbell' has blue standards and falls, but with a much deeper blue thumbprint on the falls. This originally was placed in the blue bitone class with the symbol B3. In the new classification, the added symbol “cm” to designate conspicuous color markings permits a more accurate identification. Tinkerbell now can be classed as a light blue self, with a conspicuous marking—symbol BILcm.

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