Tall Bearded Iris 'Silverado'

Thanks to the glowing reports on this website ,which I find very useful; I ordered Silverado from a British nursery .Everything about it(...Read Moreparticularly colour and shape ) ticks the right boxes for me .So let's see how it does in my cool damp London /Kent garden . You know that you are really hooked on Iris when you'd rather plant them than go out !

Absolutely fabulous. I was somehow fortunate enough to accidentally select this variety as my first bearded iris. It is tall, stately, ...Read Morehardy, and nothing short of stunning. The flowers are very large and this year each stalk has at least 10 blooms. I now have four other iris varieties, but this one dwarfs and outshines them all.

Beautiful, good growing iris.

'Silverado' has an Early to Mid season bloom. 38"

This highly recognized Iris has won every award the American Iris Socie...Read Morety gives to Tall Bearded Iris. 'Silverado' won the Highly Commended '86; Honorable Mention '89; Award of Merit '91; Wister Medal '93;
Dykes Medal '94.

In order to win the Dykes Medal, the Iris must have won every other award, except the Highly Commended. Only recently has the Wister Medal - the highest award for the Tall Bearded Iris - been required for the Dykes Medal. I doubt that this was the case in 1994.