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Benton Storrington
£11.25
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Rare British Historic Tall Bearded Iris 90cm.
Named after the town in Sussex, not far from the nursery here at Chailey.
Early Mid Season blooms, May-June in the UK.
Slight sweet fragrance.
Pink-purple standards and dark purple velvety falls. Striking orange beard with flashes of yellow-orange towards to centre of the flower.
Bred by Cecil Morris. As a keen botanist, Morris cultivated a great many striking forms of bearded iris, naming 90 varieties which he bred from seed at his home Benton End in Suffolk. Though many of these plants sadly disappeared over subsequent years.
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90cm.
Named after the town in Sussex, not far from the nursery here at Chailey.
Early Mid Season blooms, May-June in the UK.
Slight sweet fragrance.
Pink-purple standards and dark purple velvety falls. Striking orange beard with flashes of yellow-orange towards to centre of the flower.
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Data sheet
- Height
- Tall - 70-100cm
- Colour
- Purple
Red - Fragrance
- Slight Sweet
- Season
- Early-Mid
- Rebloomer
- No
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Rare British Historic Tall Bearded Iris 90cm.
Named after the town in Sussex, not far from the nursery here at Chailey.
Early Mid Season blooms, May-June in the UK.
Slight sweet fragrance.
Pink-purple standards and dark purple velvety falls. Striking orange beard with flashes of yellow-orange towards to centre of the flower.
Bred by Cecil Morris. As a keen botanist, Morris cultivated a great many striking forms of bearded iris, naming 90 varieties which he bred from seed at his home Benton End in Suffolk. Though many of these plants sadly disappeared over subsequent years.