Feature Attraction

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

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

 ORIGINATOR: Schreiner

INTRODUCED: 1994

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 37"

BLOOM SEASON: Late

DESCRIPTION: Laced cool lavender-grape, cool white signal and beards.

PARENTAGE: T 1017-3, Song of Angels sib, X S 454-4: (Visual Arts x M 855-2: (Fabulous Frills sib x (Starina x Grand Waltz)))

AWARDS: High Commendation 1990 & 1993, President's Cup 1994, Honorable Mention 1996, Award of Merit 1998

PBF: None

INTERESTING INFO:
From the 1994 Schreiner's Iris Lovers Catalog: Feature Attraction represents a giant step forward in flower form, color and bloom habit. Its rounded 6" x 4" flowers are graced with exquisite frills and lacing. Its color is a pleasantly cool lavender-grape shade. The center of each fall is highlighted by a clean white beard and signal spot. Sturdy ramrod-stiff stems produce 8-9 buds.

A clump of Feature Attraction was placed as a backdrop for the cover of the 1995 Schreiner's Iris Lovers Catalog. The last time a non-current introduction graced a cover of an Iris Lovers Catalog was in 1961 with June Meredith, a Tell Muhlestein introduction, taking center stage.