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■(TB) 'Apropos'
1964, Babson
'Apropos' ( Sanford Babson, R. 1963) Seedling M94-24. TB, 38" (97 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards pastel lavender; Falls deeper; blue beard. 'Commentary' X 'Melodrama'. Melrose 1964. Honorable Mention 1965; Award of Merit 1969.
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| From Melrose Gardens catalog, 1964: APROPOS (Babson '64) 38" Midseason. (Commentary X Melodrama) Color-wise, this is not at all what you would expect from either parent, but everything visible is so exactly right about this iris; the whole melts into an ecstatic visual poem. The width and ruffling it did get from Melodrama with no hindrance from Commentary. Its clarity of color may have been inherited from the latter flower. It is a soft, very pastel orchid lavender with just a flush more color in the falls. The beard is a pastel blue, and even the few maroon veins, as though penciled in, around the beard and deep into throat effect a focal center in the overall composition. The almost extreme branching and sturdy stalk rising from lush wide foliage finishes the stanza and brings the vision to earth. Net 25.00. |
| From Joe Ghio, “The Eye of the Beholder”, AIS Bulletin No. 199 (October 1970) 43: APROPOS also put on its best performance ever this spring. Show-stalk branching and multi-budded. Splendid form with almost lavender-white coloring with a unique satin-like finish. Yummy! |
| Historic Iris Preservation Society gallery link. |
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Apropos05.JPG | manage | 258 K | 02 Nov 2019 - 21:56 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
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Aprops04.JPG | manage | 63 K | 10 Aug 2021 - 18:30 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
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apropos.jpg | manage | 45 K | 30 Jan 2011 - 19:35 | IrisP | |
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apropos1-16.jpg | manage | 122 K | 11 Jun 2016 - 21:43 | Main.mikeu | Photo taken at Presby Memorial Iris Gardens by Mike Unser |
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apropos2.jpg | manage | 63 K | 02 Nov 2013 - 14:05 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Alain Chapelle-France |
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