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Difference: TbBlackTaffeta (r20 vs. r19)
■(TB) 'Black Taffeta'
1954, Songer 
'Black Taffeta' (Gertrude Songer, R. 1953). TB, 28-30", Midseason bloom. Color Class-V1D, Deep-violet self (black-purple); beard and haft same. 'Black Forest' x Muhlestein seedling# 47-33: ('Storm King' x 'Sable'). Tell 1954. HM 1955; JC 1956; AM 1957.
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| From Fleur De Lis Gardens catalog 1956: BLACK TAFFETA (Songer 1954) M. L. 35 in. (Black Forest x Sib. to Night Life). An unusually rich, dark black purple self with a self colored beard. The form is excellent and it has broad, slightly ruffled petals and a glistening finish. One of the· best new blacks seen last year. H. M. 1955. 12.00. |
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| jpg | blacktaffeta1.jpg | manage | 37 K | 22 Nov 2018 - 04:02 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Iriszkert Szasz-Hungary. |
| jpg | black01.jpg | manage | 51 K | 02 Feb 2015 - 16:47 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Riverina Iris Farm-Australia |
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| JPG | BlackTaffeta01.JPG blacktaffeta09.JPG | manage | 81 64 K | 20 Nov 2014 03 Aug 2020 - 16:53 01:00 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Bluebird Haven HIPS Archives Iris Garden |
| jpg JPG | black-taffeta1-16.jpg BlackTaffeta01.JPG | manage | 111 81 K | 11 Jun 2016 20 Nov 2014 - 23:14 16:53 | Main.mikeu Main.TLaurin | Photo taken at Presby Memorial Iris Gardens by Mike Unser Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
| JPG jpg | blacktaffeta01.JPG black-taffeta1-16.jpg | manage | 291 111 K | 24 Aug 2017 11 Jun 2016 - 02:28 23:14 | Main.TLaurin Main.mikeu | Photo by Kate Brewitt taken at the Royal Botanical Gardens-Hamilton,Ontario,Canada Presby Memorial Iris Gardens by Mike Unser |
| jpg JPG | BlackTaffeta.jpg blacktaffeta01.JPG | manage | 293 291 K | 07 Jan 2014 24 Aug 2017 - 01:43 02:28 | Main.davepote Main.TLaurin | Cooley's Iris catalog 1961 Photo by Kate Brewitt taken at the Royal Botanical Gardens-Hamilton,Ontario,Canada |
| JPG jpg | blacktaffeta02.JPG BlackTaffeta.jpg | manage | 299 293 K | 24 Aug 2017 07 Jan 2014 - 02:30 01:43 | Main.TLaurin Main.davepote | Photo by Kate Brewitt Cooley's Iris catalog 1961 taken at the Royal Botanical Gardens-Hamilton,Ontario,Canada |
| JPG | blacktaffeta02.JPG | manage | 299 K | 24 Aug 2017 - 02:30 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Kate Brewitt taken at the Royal Botanical Gardens-Hamilton,Ontario,Canada |
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