■(TB) 'Bounding Main'

1958, Smith

'Bounding Main' (Catherine & Kenneth Smith, R. 1957). Seedling# 54-3. TB, 39" (99 cm), Early to late bloom. Color Class-B1M, Medium-blue self. 'Valley Mist' X 'Serene Valley'. Fairmount 1958.

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From Fairmount Gardens catalog, 1958: BOUNDING MAIN 54-3 (C. and K. Smith 1958) EML. A most spectacular self with big bold flowers of medium blue that measure 7 x 7 inches in size. The blooms have a silken texture and excellent substance so that they maintain perfect shape and form in all kinds of weather. The standards are lightly ruffled, the falls are not ruffled, but so broad they flare in voluminous folds. Beard pale yellow tipped white. There is an impression of great strength and vigor when one beholds these flowers. Valley Mist x Serene Valley. H. C., A. I. S. 1957. 39 in. Net $15.00.
BOUNDING MAIN of Catherine and Kenneth Smith-another that is in the big blue group, of the usual good quality that comes from these hybridizers..." [Joseph Gatty: “Northwest Impressions. The Bulletin of the American Iris Society No. 168 (January 1963): 20.]

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