1941, Sass
'Blue Shimmer' (Jacob Sass, 1941). Seedling# 40-180. TB. Late bloom. Color Code-W2L. Seedling# 65-35 X ( 'Blue Monarch' x ... ). Stippled and peppered blue plicata on white ground. Purple based foliage. Sass-H.P. Honorable Mention 1942; Award of Merit 1944.
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From Carl Salbach catalog 1943: BLUE SHIMMER (J. Sass). We consider this the finest of all the blue plicatas. Standards white, heavily flushed and evenly dotted blue. Falls same color but showing more white. Large blooms beautifully poised on tall low-branched stems. Very beautiful and distinct. 36". Mid-season. $15.00. |
From Sass catalog, 1949: BLUE SHIMMER (J. Sass, 1942)-A blue and white plicata. White ground, heavily but evenly marked and dotted soft bluish violet. 36-inch good branching stems. $2.50. |
BLUE SHIMMER - The finest of the newer blue stitched plicatas. It is a robust grower and a good bloomer The pattern is delicate... (Ohio). Unknown author, Varietal Comment. AIS Bulletin #101 (April 1946): 72 |
BLUE SHIMMER (Sass, 1942): Particularly fine in New England. It is a cool weather iris, much better if planted in partial shade. Dolman. Over rated. The flowers are too large for the height of the stalk, tend to be coarse and have oversize falls. Sanford. Bloomed on 40 inch stalks. It does exceptionally well in California. “Varietal Comments” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 103, (October 1946): 62. |
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jpg | 02_Nov_2014aaa_005.jpg | manage | 135 K | 17 Nov 2014 - 07:30 | Main.firecentaurr | Blue Shimmer Early Nov, Centaurii Irises, NZ |
jpg | 28_Sept_2014a_008.jpg | manage | 122 K | 29 Oct 2014 - 12:31 | Main.firecentaurr | Blue Shimmer (NZ) |
JPG | BlueShimmer01.JPG | manage | 82 K | 20 Nov 2014 - 21:34 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
JPG | BlueShimmer24kp.JPG | manage | 70 K | 04 Jan 2013 - 18:24 | KentPfeiffer | Taken at the Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska on April 24, 2012 |
jpg | BlueShimmer7.jpg | manage | 63 K | 05 Sep 2013 - 18:46 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Echo Iris Garden |
jpg | Blue_Shimmer.jpg | manage | 33 K | 12 Nov 2010 - 14:58 | UnknownUser | Courtesy of Mike Lowe from original HIPS website |
jpg | Blue_ShimmerInterior_view_28_Sept_2014_005.jpg | manage | 131 K | 29 Oct 2014 - 12:33 | Main.firecentaurr | |
jpg | Blue_Shimmer_14_0.jpg | manage | 60 K | 23 Mar 2012 - 23:08 | Main.iris.ua | Blue Shimmer |
jpg | Blue_Shimmer_Frontal_view_28_Sept_2014_006.jpg | manage | 129 K | 29 Oct 2014 - 12:34 | Main.firecentaurr | |
jpg | IMG_7341.jpg | manage | 389 K | 20 Dec 2018 - 23:47 | Main.davepote | Photo by David Potembski, Presby 2016 |
jpg | blue-shimmer1-18.jpg | manage | 143 K | 13 Aug 2018 - 05:33 | Main.mikeu | Photo by Mike Unser, taken at Leonine Iris |
jpg | blue-shimmer2-08.jpg | manage | 37 K | 11 Jul 2010 - 01:20 | Main.mikeu | Blue Shimmer by Mike Unser |
jpg | blueshimmer-jb.jpg | manage | 23 K | 15 Jan 2013 - 15:46 | Main.Harloiris | photo by Chapman Iris |
jpg | blueshimmer.jpg | manage | 63 K | 21 Jan 2010 - 18:01 | Main.htb | ©2005 Laurie Frazer |
jpg | blueshimmer01.jpg | manage | 23 K | 11 Sep 2014 - 21:37 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Seagate Irises-United Kingdom |
jpg | blueshimmer02.jpg | manage | 96 K | 03 May 2015 - 03:12 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Breezeway Iris Garden |
JPG | blueshimmer03.JPG | manage | 756 K | 30 Aug 2017 - 02:32 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Don McQueen-London,Ontario,Canada-Zone 5 |
JPG | blueshimmer04.JPG | manage | 462 K | 31 Aug 2017 - 20:55 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Don McQueen-London,Ontario,Canada-Zone 5 |
JPG | blueshimmer05.JPG | manage | 885 K | 01 May 2018 - 21:24 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
JPG | blueshimmer06.JPG | manage | 777 K | 01 May 2018 - 21:26 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
JPG | blueshimmer07.JPG | manage | 926 K | 01 May 2018 - 21:28 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
JPG | blueshimmer08.JPG | manage | 787 K | 01 May 2018 - 21:30 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
JPG | blueshimmer09.JPG | manage | 145 K | 09 Jun 2020 - 14:48 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
JPG | blueshimmer099.JPG | manage | 214 K | 09 Jun 2020 - 14:50 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
jpg | blueshimmer1.jpg | manage | 202 K | 07 Jun 2016 - 01:05 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Sandy Gessner Eggertson-Merlebleu Iris Garden-Manitoba,Canada |
JPG | blueshimmer2.JPG | manage | 542 K | 01 Feb 2017 - 00:12 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets |
JPG | blueshimmer3.JPG | manage | 495 K | 01 Feb 2017 - 00:14 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets |
jpg | blueshimmer4.jpg | manage | 140 K | 24 Oct 2017 - 19:06 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Evgeny Nazarov-Ukraine |
jpg | blueshimmer5.jpg | manage | 187 K | 24 Oct 2017 - 19:08 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Evgeny Nazarov-Ukraine |
jpg | blueshimmer6.jpg | manage | 111 K | 24 Oct 2017 - 19:10 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Evgeny Nazarov-Ukraine |
jpg | blueshimmer9.jpg blueshimmer8.jpg | manage | 53 167 K | 23 Jan 2014 03 Jul 2020 - 16:58 21:22 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Iris of Holly Johnson Sissinghurst,UK |
jpg | rsz_blue_shimmer_2.jpg blueshimmer9.jpg | manage | 71 53 K | 14 23 Jan 2014 - 18:42 16:58 | Main.Harloiris Main.TLaurin | Photo by John Black, zone Iris of Sissinghurst,UK 4, Montana |
jpg | rsz_blue_shimmer_2.jpg | manage | 71 K | 14 Jan 2014 - 18:42 | Main.Harloiris | Photo by John Black, zone 4, Montana |