Last Hurrah

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

ORIGINATOR: Schreiner

INTRODUCED: 1983

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 40"

BLOOM SEASON: Very Late

DESCRIPTION: Ruffled and pleated uniform cornflower blue; near white beard tipped light blue.

PARENTAGE: Sailor's Dance X St. Louis Blues sib.

AWARDS: Honorable Mention 1985

PBF: Unknown

INTERESTING INFO:
From the 1983 Schreiner's Iris Lover's Catalog: Just as the bloom season is over and the crowds have all gone home we find a pleast Iris surprise...a last hurrah. HEre is a season extender...a tall bearded variety which blooms after the main show is over assuring one of an extra long cycle of bloom. In color and form we have an added bonus. Last Hurrah has a large handsome 7 x 7 inch flower of rich lavender-blue with more ruffles and fluting than any mid-blue Iris we know. Refer to our illustration on the front cover for a typical double socketed scape with 8 to 10 buds and you will be amazed. What a fine last bid to the season's floral revelry!