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.

LADY PHYLLIS

LITTLE FREAK

22"  M  Steel by Nelson  1959

F (6) White, neatly mared fine medium violet plicata edge. B Medium yellow.

LORELEY

M  Goos & Koenemann  1909

S Canary yellow flecked purple (rarely  falls). F Purple veined lavender.

MARY CONTRARY

38” M Fred Kerr 2013

MORSKOY PEYZAZH

31” EM Olga Riabykh 2013

Standards light blue; style arms same, lighter edges; falls light blue, lighter near beard; beards yellow, light blue end and base; flat form.

MY DARLING SCATTERBRAIN

J. Mahoney  1983

S (sometimes falls) White.  F Lavender.  B Orange.

NETTIE LEONETTI

34"  L  Ennenga  2008

F (6) styles are white with light purple stripe down center, white ground plicata purple at throat and lower edges. B yellow orange

NEW PERSPECTIVE

42"  M  Fred Kerr  2004

Desert Lullaby x Fairmont

F Medium blue violet. B Yellow. (Fragrant)

HM 2007

NO TOP

35"  M Lawson  1958

Purissima x Spindrift

F (6) Deep blue with white edges, greenish buds. B White.

OFF COLOR JOKE

34”  EM Black  1997

Standards are gray white with pink gray centers. Falls are violet centers with lighter gray white margins and burnt orange, violet beards.

ORBISON

40"  ML  Fred Kerr  2008

Diabolique x (World Tour x Kathleen Kay Nelson) 

F (6) Very dark blue-black, white lines at haft extending just beyond golden yellow beard. (Fragrance)

PEACE & HARMONY

40"  EML  Joseph Ghio  1992

Inagural Ball x Silverado

F True violet. B White.

HM 1994

PAINTED LAVENDER

40” VE Graeme Grosvenor 2005


Standards blue lavender; style arms paler blue-lavender; falls pale blue-lavender; beards yellow tipped blue; flat form.

ONE IN A MILLION

35”  M Johnson  2023

No fragrance. To the best of our knowledge (Mid America) this is the first TB flat plicata to be introduced, thus the name. No standards and 6 falls. The style arms are etched on the crests with the same pattern as is on the edge of the falls. The falls are white then bordered and stitched red violet. Sometimes but not always each fall will have a center belly stripe of violet that appears as a narrow straight line extending from the beard to the petal edge. Sdlg. TL172ZZ: Parentage is unknown lost tag.

No Photo Available

PINK MAGNOLIA

28"  M  Brown  1970

ind Pink sdlg x Candleflame

F Oriental pink, deeper veining in heart.

PREKRASNAYA EMILIYA

36” M Aleksandr Trotskiy 2007

Raspberry cherry self; beards orange red; flat form.

No Photo Available

OZERO KENON

33” M Galina Zinoviyeva  1998

Standards snow white; style arms white; falls blue white, brown haft veining, light blue centerline; beards orange; flat form.

PINAFORE LASS

F. Cook   1951

No Photo Available

PURPLE TULIP

A. Morgan  1977

POMPON TWO

30"  L  N.Rudolph  1987

Lilac Frost x Oriental Etching

F White banded pale yellow, white & cream styles. B White. (Fragrant)

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