Iris ‘Amas’ (TB)
Synonym: Iris ‘Amas’ (TB)
Description:
Historic tall bearded iris collected by Sir Michael Foster near Amasia, Turkey, in 1885. Flowering early in the season, it bears pale blue standards and deep blue-purple falls with a bluish-white beard tipped orange. One of the most influential irises in horticultural history, it played a key role in the development of modern tetraploid tall bearded irises and received the Historic Iris Preservation Society Legacy Iris Award in 2022.
Threat Status:
Threatened In Cultivation
As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/
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