Flattie Iris Encyclopedia

These pages are for those that are fond of flattie irises.  The following pages list the known varieties of flatties and in some cases pictures.    Please email us at trinitygardendesign@yahoo.com with photographs, information, and or questions.  I would appreciate any photographs of flatties with the photographers permission.  Thank you for visiting.

AMARYLLIS

37" M  Ruth Goebel 1989

Mount Spokan x (Tillamook x Tillamook)

F Yellow shaded pink, blue, & bronze. (Fragrant)

BEG TO DIFFER

36"  M  Fred Kerr 1999

Stairway To Heaven x Cosmic Wave

F (6) Blue, yellow style, ruffled. B white to yellow.

BELLA MOHR

34"  ML  OHL  1955

William Mohr x Sable

Deep red violet self.

BETHANY NICOLE WEAR

31”  ML  P Van Etten 2017

Flopsy x Bold Vision

Falls(6) Pale Yellow, yellow style, Beards yellow-orange.

BLUE TULIP

38"  M  Knocke  1964

Cliffs of Dover x Harbor Blue

F Blue self. No beard or anthers.

BREAKING THE RULES

34” M Colleen Modra 2007

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CHAOS THEORY

34”  M  Blyth 2014

Novelty flattie: medium violet with white blaze and white style arms, no standards. Beards are orange.

CAMPUS DANCER

32"  ML  E. Tuller  1966

Dancing Twilight x 6X

Aureolin yellow (Wilson 3/2) self; light olive haft markings and veining; Beard orange.

No Photo Available

CALAMITY JANE

32” M Arnold Schliefert 1973

CAN'T STOP 

11” EM (SDB) G. Gaddie  1984

‘Amazon Princess' X ‘Blue Pools'.

White with spot on falls that varies from dark blue in center to purple to dark wine on sides; white beard. Six Falls on early blooms, 3 on last blooms.  Gaddies' Garden 1985.

CLEMATIS

30"  M  Bliss  1917

S Sometimes. F(6) Light clear violet with variable veining at the base (Fragrant)

Comment: looks normal in cool weather but goes totally flat when buds form and open during warm weather (MU).

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CLEMATIFLORA

34”  M. Vallette 1960

F Lilac self, hafts veined.

COSMIC LULLABY

33” ML

Alla Chernoguz 2018

Style arms blue-violet (RHS 88C); falls blue-violet (93B); beards terracotta; laced; flat form; sweet fragrance.

CLYDESDALE

31” L VL 

Marky Smith  2014

Standards sides black-violet, red-violet toward base, white center sprays with some broken violet color, wide lavender rims on violet sides, 3" white center rims; style arms white; falls deep black-violet, thin, slightly irregular white center dividing stripe, wide 1/4" or more lavender ruffled rims, sometimes blending to red-violet just beyond the rims; beards absent; large flower when flattened in hot weather; ruffled.

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CREW CUT

34" M  James McWhirter  2001

Standards usually absent; style arms pale blue; falls (3) lavender blue and (3) medium to dark lavender blue, irregular marbling of lighter color; beards (usually 6) yellow, to white on end

CLEMENTINA

34" EM  Lloyd Austin  1955

Marbled white and blue-grey, flat top

DESLODGE FLATTERY

36”   ML

Clyde Hahn 2008

Standards and style crests light wisteria blue (RHS 92D); falls deep wisteria blue (92A), ruffled; beards light wisteria blue (92D); top blooms exhibit flat form; slight fragrance.

DANCING IN RUFFLES

39” M Anna & David Cadd 2002

HM 2004

America’s Cup x Sweet Musette

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DANCING TWILIGHT

30"  ML  E. Tuller  1961

4FF x SF2

F (6) White with chartreuse overlay, violet veining. B (6) Yellow gold.

DOROTHEA

16"   VE

William J. Caparne  1901

Downstream

36”  M  Schreiner 2020

F (6) Purple with Lavender-white style arms conspicuously stand alone in the center

EXOTICA

33" M  G. Crossman  1970

Galilee x (Blocher X Fay X Butterfly Blue)

F (6) Hyacinth blue. B white.

FALLING FOR YOU

36"  ML (Rebloom)  George Sutton  2009

Six Pack x Indigo Princess

F Blue & white, blushed pale pink. B White around yellow. (Fragrant)

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FLUFFY PILLOWS

36"  M  Schreiner  2009

Cape Perpetus x Can't Touch This

F (6) White with light blue edges. B Light yellow

FRINGETTE

20"  M  David Hall  1958

sdlg 53-49 x sdlg 52-38

F (6) Amethyst self

FESTIVE DANCER

40"  M  E. Tuller  1970

Gay Holiday x Dancing Twilight

F (6) Mineral violet, lighter in center, pale yellow haft markings with brown veining. B pale yellow.

FLAT RIVER

18" ML  Carrington  1970

White Ruffles x (Fantasy x Pink Lace)

F(6) Creamy white with yellow signal. B Gold.

FLAT RATE

36"  ML  Joseph Ghio  1994

(Black Tornado x Witches' Sabbath) x Satin Satan

F (6) Deep purple withmetallic sheen. B Purple.

FIASCO

45”  EM Barry Blyth  2008

Color is burgundy with slightly deeper veining of burgundy and a 3/8” lavender grey edge and the underside of the petals show in the same color on the ruffle roll. Style arms are prominent apricot and beards are orange. Occasionally, about one in 20 flowers, have broken pattern color of white.

FINAL BOW

36"  L-VL  L Miller  2024

Slight sweet fragrance. This lady is hard to forget when she takes her “final bow” in the garden. She has been the last to open in our garden since her maiden bloom. This light pink flattie has a few deeper veins beside the deep pink beard. She is also lightly laced and has serrated edged styles.

FLOPSY

34"  M  Loomis by Gates  1990

Conjuration x Unknown

F (6) White with yellow haft veining. B Yellow.

FLAT BROKE

32"  EM  Jim Hedgecock  2008

Cosmic Punch x Unknown

F(6) blue lavender, large white area below yellow beards. (Fragrant)

FROSTY MOONSCAPE

34"  L (Rebloom)  J. Aitken  2006

Immortality x Seawolf x I Do

F (6) White soft blue halo flush around soft blue beard.

HM 2008

FLURRY MOHR

Rees  1949

FULL DISCLOSURE

33” M T. Johnson 2013

FULL HOUSE

Meek  1976

F (6) Peach pink.  B Orange.

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