■(TB) 'Holy Smoke'

1958, Smith

'Holy Smoke' (Eva Smith, R. 1957). Seedling# 54-58. TB, Midseason bloom. Color Class-V5L, Smoky lavender-grey. 'Jane Phillips' X 'Thotmes III'. Smith 1958. Honorable Mention 1961.

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From AIS Bulletin #169, April 1963. HOLY SMOKE (E. Smith 58) (Jane Phillips X Thotmes III) 36 in. Huge, smoky blend of chartreuse, gray, mauve and old gold. Beard bright orange. Fast multiplier. Good form and texture. H. M. 1961. $3.50. Smith's Iris Garden.
"A smoky gray blend with nice, tight, domed standards, flaring falls, and old gold at the heart of the flower. Bright orange beard. Nice form, good substance and good branching." Durham, NC, Lewis, Ralph and Helen, Irises We Liked, American Iris Society Bulletin, Vol. 164, January, 1962, p. 48.
From Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens catalog 1964: HOLY SMOKE (Smith '58) M-36". Ideally suited to artistic flower arrangements. Novel silvery gray appearance fits it for use in almost any color scheme, particularly in pastel treatments. Also useful as a garden harmonizer between bold colors. A silvery gray with lilac wash on falls & chartreuse-old gold flush at base of standards & on hafts; beard bright orange. Unusual and different. HM'61, RU-JC '62. Jane Phillips X Thotmes III. Regularly $2.50; on $10 order $1.80; on $25 order $1.55; 3 for $4.40.

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