Difference: TbVioletMiracle (r23 vs. r22)
■(TB) 'Violet Miracle'
1979, Zurbrigg 
'Violet Miracle' (Lloyd Zurbrigg, R. 1979). Seedling# L 26 V.M. TB, 40" (102 cm), Late midseason bloom and rebloom (October - November in Virginia). Near spectrum violet self; violet beard lightly tipped yellow. ('Sign of Leo' x ('Tuxedo' x 'Purple Duet')) X 'Violet Classic'. Avonbank 1979.
An introduction advertisement reads: A simply huge, giant iris. Stalks like tree-trunks in the fall, up to 44". Reblooms October. $25.00. Avonbank Gardens.
This is the only reblooming progenitor which has a score of one hundred percent. All seventeen registered cultivars from it have been registered as rebloomers. It has produced two Award of Merit winners in ROSALIE FIGGE and SUKY. Other outstanding irises from it are CANTINA, CONSTANT COMP ANION, and MARIPOSA SKIES.
See below:
References:
| Avonbank Gardens. (1979). Introductions for 1979. Bulletin of the American Iris Society, 233(Spring 1979), 83. "A simply huge, giant iris. Stalks like tree-trunks in the fall, up to 44". Reblooms October. $25.00. Avonbank Gardens." |
| Moores, W. (2001). Progenitors: In modern reblooming irises. Bulletin of the American Iris Society, 320(January 2001), 29. "This is the only reblooming progenitor which has a score of one hundred percent. All seventeen registered cultivars from it have been registered as rebloomers. It has produced two Award of Merit winners in ROSALIE FIGGE and SUKY. Other outstanding irises from it are CANTINA, CONSTANT COMP ANION, and MARIPOSA SKIES." |
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| I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 JPG | VioletMiracle01.JPG | manage | 70 K | 12 Apr 2015 - 14:07 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Jan Lauritzen |
| JPG | VioletMiracle17kp.JPG | manage | 42 K | 08 Jan 2013 - 21:23 | KentPfeiffer | Taken at the Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska on April 17, 2012 |
| JPG | Violet_Miracle_Zurbrigg_1979.JPG | manage | 72 K | 01 Jan 2010 - 12:18 | Main.Laymont+ | by Dejoux in my garden : sud-ouest France |
 jpg | Violet_Miracle_fl.jpg | manage | 68 K | 24 Feb 2011 - 04:55 | IrisP | |
| JPG | violetmiracle02.JPG | manage | 76 K | 21 May 2014 - 20:46 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Elladan McLeester |
| JPG | violetmiracle03.JPG | manage | 76 K | 21 May 2014 - 20:48 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Elladan McLeester |
| jpg | violetmiracleAA.jpg | manage | 52 K | 20 Feb 2011 - 18:59 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Argyle Acres |
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