(TB) 'Top Sails'

1952, Marx

'Top Sails' (Walter Marx, R. 1952) TB, 66" (168 cm). Midseason bloom. Standards cream near straw-yellow; falls light cream. Unknown. Marx 1952.

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From Walter Marx Gardens catalog 1955: TOP SAILS (Marx 1952) Each 1.00; 3 for 2.50. About the tallest iris we have ever grown. Average height is about 5 feet but we have actually measured stems up to 6 feet. Color is cream with standards a shade deeper. The flowers are extra large of semi-flaring form on slender rather high branched stems. The lush foliage is especially attractive and extremely resistant to the annoying leaf spot. The arching of the leaves in fountain like fashion offers altogether a splendid iris ideal for background planting or in front of evergreen shrubbery. Midseason.

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