Yonkers

Yonkers

YONKERS

George Sutton

Registered: 2012

Introduced: 2013

IB, RE 24" Early

Violet and white plicata

White standards, heavily washed dark violet blue; bright white falls, dotted and edged dark violet blue, near black at edges

Beard old gold, hairs based pale violet, tips old gold

Style Arm violet blue, plum crests

Pronounced sweet fragrance

SNICKERS x DOUBLE SHOT

This iris came to me as a (perhaps fortuitious) mistake, and first bloomed in 2017.

I had ordered 'Yosemite Nights' and received this iris instead. A round of emails later (the nursery owner was out of town), and the iris was identified as 'Yonkers'.

It has a striking flower that demands attention, surprisingly so given the shorter stature and smaller bloom of this IB iris.

I'm not sure what I am going to do with it; similar to the other SDB, IB, and BB irises I have, it is somewhat small sized for the garden. I might keep it in a pot, or I might try to shoehorn it in with the other purple and white plicata irises in the bed off the wooden deck.

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Last updated 7-17-17