Photo Courtesy of Brighton Park Iris

ORIGINATOR: Schreiner

INTRODUCED: 1986

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 37"

BLOOM SEASON: Early to Mid

DESCRIPTION: Ruffled rich claret wine; cerise claret beard.

PARENTAGE: Master Touch X J 43-1: (E 575-1 x Rondo)

AWARDS: HM'88, AM'92

INTERESTING INFO: From the 1987 Schreiner’s Iris Lovers Catalog: No other Iris can match Loyalist for the sheer vibrancy of its cerise claret color. Its well tailored blooms are both large and nicely ruffled. A very vigorous grower producing tall lush foliage and well branched stems with 6-7 buds.

A loyalist is a person who is in support of a sovereign or an existing government.