Photo Courtesy of Brighton Park Iris

ORIGINATOR: Ferdinand Cayeux

INTRODUCED: 1932

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 36"

BLOOM SEASON: Mid to Late

DESCRIPTION: S. metallilc lavender-gray; F. French blue blending to S. color at edges; white beards.

PARENTAGE: Ochracea Caerulea X Dryade

AWARDS: None

INTERESTING INFO: One of my favorites; nothing quite like it.

From the 1939 Schreiner's Iris Lovers Catalog: An exceedingly lustrous flower of metallic elephant grey faintly blended French blue. Blooms are large and finely formed.