Looking for my mother's Iris
When I was growing up in the 50's, my mother had a semi-circular bed of tall purple Iris that surrounded our play area. They were large flowered and floriferous. I'm thinking they were taller than average, but I was a lot shorter then : ) It could have easily been something our gardener divided from his own garden at the time, so it could have been a much earlier iris than the early 50's. Looking at pictures, Valor is one that strikes a familiar chord... or the Black Douglas. It's hard to tell the size of the flower from the picture though. I thought it was a solid color, but memory fades..
I'm looking for recommendations for something that might be reminiscent of what Mom had.. Any thoughts?