Iris 'Amiguita'
19th September 2021
I have just bought a division. An old cultivar raised by Eic Nies and registered in 1947.
The AIS encyclopedia says;
Walter Marx Gardens catalogue 1958. AMIGITUA (Little Friend). Each $2.50. There is a beauty in the small things that touches the heart strings. The name of this exquisite Douglasiana hybrid
is, therefore, very much to the point. Our attachment quickly turns to admiration, however, as we notice the well sized 3-inch blooms on this 12-inch-high plant. The flaring, beautifully
posed standards and falls are softest lilac-blue which serves as an elegant foil for the deep purple eye zone radiating out towards the edges of the falls, and with just a brush stroke of
gold in the throat to give it contrast. A show piece in a garden bed, and when used in flower arrangements, it lends an air of festuive dignity to a room. As a garden subject it is pleasing
even out of bloom with its exceptionally rich deep green leathery foliage. Evergreen except in coldest districts. May to june flowering.
References:
The American Iris Society Encyclopedia, https://wiki.irises.org