■(TB) 'Irma Melrose'
1956, DeForest
'Irma Melrose' (
Fred DeForest, R. 1955). Seedling# 53-8-A. TB, 40" (102 cm), Midseason bloom. Color Class-Y4, Standards lemon-yellow (Ridgway); falls lemon-tinted white, bordered lemon-yellow; faint peppering around beard only indication of plicata parentage.
'Caroline Jane' X
'Rodeo'. Irisnoll 1956.
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From Walter Marx Gardens catalog 1964: IRMA MELROSE (DeForest 1956) Each 1.50. A very large lemon yellow plicata with lighter falls bordered with darker yellow. There is a faint peppering around the beard and in the throat. This beauty is crisp, flaring, ruffled and graceful. 38 inches. Picture on front cover. |
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