Crown Sterling


  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

ORIGINATOR: Steve Moldovan

INTRODUCED: 1972

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 34"

BLOOM SEASON: Midseason

DESCRIPTION: Clear light blue with silvery grey highlights; light blue beard.

PARENTAGE: ((Henry Shaw x Kingdom) x Good Hope sib) X Honesty

AWARDS: Honorable Mention 1975

PBF: None

INTERESTING INFO:
From the 1976 Schreiner's Iris Lover's Catalog: A cool — cool silver blue; a beautiful and different shade of perhaps a lighter blue than most with frosty silvery grey highlights. The harmonious beard is lighter still. Large, braod, semi-flaring and heavily ruffled. Very good branching and growth habit. Icy cool.

From the 1976 Melrose Gardens Catalog: Silver-grey lights glimmer in this pale blue; self beards.