(TB) 'Samovar'

1941, Hall

'Samovar' (David Hall, R. 1938) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-S4M. ( 'Rameses' x 'Jean Cayeux') X ('Rameses' x 'Jean Cayeux'). Hallcroft 1941.

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Awaiting original catalog description
From Fairmount Gardens catalog, 1946: SAMOVAR (D. Hall 1941) E. M. A very brilliant iris that attracts the eye of garden visitors. The color is coppery rose with standards lighter than the falls. It is very floriferous and makes a glowing mass of color. H. M., A. I. S. 1941. Per. R. 86 1943. 34 in. $2.00.
Additional Catalog References: Longfield 1947; Tell 1947.
Mr. Hall has a whole series of marvelous shades in coppers. He is an artist when it comes to getting startling and dramatic colors. SAMOVAR is a lovely rich metallic brown, and while it multiplies rapidly enough, it is not at all floriferous-one stalk in about 25 rhizomes. However, I am told that it does better elsewhere. [Lucile Reamy Steedman, “The Season in Roanoke,” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 84 (October 1942): 69.]

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