Delta Blues

Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Schreiner's Iris Gardens
Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Schreiner's Iris Gardens

ORIGINATOR: Schreiner

INTRODUCED: 1994

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 36"

BLOOM SEASON: Early to Mid

DESCRIPTION: Heavily ruffled light blue; beards yellow, tipped white.

PARENTAGE: Breakers X Tide's In

AWARDS: HM'96, AM'98

PBF: None

INTERESTING INFO:
From the 1994 Schreiner's Iris Lover's Catalog: Lavish ruffles adorn Delta Blues, the ost recent in our line of widely heralded blue Iris. This illustrious child from the cross of Breakers X Tide's In has wide rounded petals, wild ruffles and great heavenly blue color. The plant offers phenomenal vigor and produces sturdy stems with three to four branches yielding 8-10 buds.