---++ ■(TB) 'Double Duty' <img src="%PUBURL%//TbAthruE/TbDoubleDuty/doubleduty1.JPG"style="margin: 10px; float: right; height: 300px;"/> 1959, Austin <strong>'Double Duty' </strong>([[Main.Bio.HybridizerAustinLloyd][Lloyd Austin]], R. 1959). Seedling 5128. TB, 34" (86 cm). Very early bloom and Fall rebloom. Color Class !O1P, Salmon-pink self, tangerine beard. Parentage unknown. Rainbow 1959. See below: * * [[#References][References]] %SILVERBG% %IMAGEGALLERY{columns="5" limit="40" size="medium" titles="off"}% %ENDBG% --- ---+++ References: %TABLE{ sort="on" tableborder="0" cellpadding="14" cellspacing="3" cellborder="5" databg="#FAF0D4," headerrows="2" footerrows="1" tablewidth="100%" }% |From Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens catalog 1963: DOUBLE DUTY (Austin '59) + + + VE-32" See color plate. A real "Double Duty" Iris, & hard to beat for lengthening your blooming season at both ends. In spring it blooms ahead of almost all Tall Bearded; then again for a long period, starting in late Aug. & continues heavily thru Sept. & Oct., with some blooms thru Nov. & Dec. In some years, we have heavy bloom in late Feb. & early March. A lovely light salmon-pink. Regularly $4.50; on $10 order $3.60; on $25 order $2.95 | | | %INCLUDE{"Main.AdmTbInsert"}% --- %COMMENT{ type="bottom"}% --- -- Main.BetsyHiggins - 2010-12-04
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