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■(TB)'Opening Night'

1970, Gibson

'Opening Night' (James Gibson, R. 1969). Seedling# 157-4A. TB, 42" (107 cm). Early to midseason bloom. Color Class-V3D-DD. Standards velvet black-purple; falls darker; ruffled; lively purple beard. Seedling# 130-9 B1KA ((seedling# 90-SB ('Black Hills' x 'Blue Spinel') x 'La Negra Flor')) X 'Dark Fury'. Cooley's Gardens 1970. Honorable Mention 1971.

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OPENING NIGHT (Gibson, '70) M. 38" Each $25.00. Illustrated on the cover. This is the first "black" Iris we have ever introduced, because there has been an abundance of good ones from many other sources. Without any claim that this one is the very best of all, we do know that it has had so much favorable comment from those who have seen it, that more advance orders and inquiries about it have been received than has been the case with any of our previous introductions. A near black flower of colossal size, with very wide, spreading falls, ruffled and fluted, not laced, and with a deep violet beard. Heavy, stout, well branched stalks with many blossoms. No. 157-4A. [Cooley's Iris, 1970]
Jim Gibson, the plicata prince, pulled a dark surprise on me. For the past few years, 'DUSKY DANCER' (Luihn '67) has seemed the ultimate in ruffled blacks, and I was happy to see her dance award-wise; but I saw the "penultimate" in Jim's garden, as 157-4A (OPENING NIGHT), a very tall, vigorous plant with a flower having blacker and more ruffled kirts than Dancer. Three huge blooms, widely spaced and held up to the sky, said to me that this iris is a great silhouette flower. [Elsie Mae Nicholson, “The Rainbow Trail in California---1969,” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 194 (July 1969): 20-21.]
 

Culture

Quick Summary of Cultural Directions

FURTHER CULTURAL INFORMATION Sort
Hardiness Zones 4-8 for most varieties, Some cultivars tolerate colder, others tolerate warmer zones (please comment in comment box with your location if this cultivar grows well in zone 3, 4, 9, or 10.)
Exposure Prefers full sun for optimal performance, may still bloom in half-day shade
Water: Prefers well drained good garden soil, Tolerant of dry conditions in established plants, Intolerant of swampy conditions.
PH Prefers Neutral to basic solis 6.1 to 8.5, quite toleranr of more extreme conditions
Fertilizer Prefers rich conditions on relatively inorganic soils.

-- Main.RPries - 2011-03-07


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-- MichaelGreenfield - 2010-01-06
I Attachment Action Size Date Who Comment
OpeningNight11.JPGJPG OpeningNight11.JPG manage 85 K 25 Aug 2021 - 19:28 Main.TLaurin Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
OpeningNight12BHI.jpgjpg OpeningNight12BHI.jpg manage 86 K 28 Apr 2012 - 14:02 Main.Betsy881 Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Opening_Night.jpgjpg Opening_Night.jpg manage 48 K 06 Jan 2010 - 20:06 MichaelGreenfield Photo by John Bruce
openingnight01.JPGJPG openingnight01.JPG manage 1008 K 27 Dec 2016 - 15:06 Main.TLaurin Photo scanned from the Glenn Corlew slide collection
openingnight03.jpgjpg openingnight03.jpg manage 90 K 14 Jun 2014 - 02:17 Main.TLaurin Photo scanned from the Rosalie Figge slide collection
openingnight5.JPGJPG openingnight5.JPG manage 72 K 21 Apr 2020 - 15:09 Main.TLaurin Photo scanned from the 1987 Pacific Coast Hybridizers catalogue by Terry Laurin
Topic revision: r20 - 28 Dec 2023, Harloiris
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