Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Currier McEwen
Year Of Registration: 1973
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1973
Seedling Number: C67/98A
Classification: Siberian
Registered Height: 22 inches (56 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Reddish purple, falls darker
Style Arm Color: Reddish purple
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1974
Other: Morgan-Wood Award: 1980

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Polly Dodge X 61/Cas 4: (White Swirl x unknown)
Child plants: 103 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Siberian Iris

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Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2019-06-26
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-21
tagged,faded

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2014-06-12
 9:42 am.  A rich and elegant blossom.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-06-02
 3:38 pm. Two buds open at once, make it look like a doubled blos

Ruffled Velvet

Photo Courtesy of Tranquil Lake Nursery. Used with Permission
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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2014-06-12
 9:42 am.  Such lovely textures and shades in the crowns.
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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-05-25
 6:00 pm.  Buds of Ruffled Velvet are very flat topped, as though

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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