Iris ‘Shah Jehan’ (TB)

Description:
Bred by William Neel (CAN) 1932. The A.I.S. Wiki Iris website states: 'The first Canadian iris to receive an AM from the American Iris Society, and in 1938 an AM from the RHS. William emigrated from UK to establish his nursery.[...] He was associated with Eagle Heights Iris Garden (E.W.Neel) [...] and his son, Lawrence, became owner of the Orpington Nurseries in UK - the same nursery from which his father had purchased his earliest iris. (CIS-N v23 n4 pp78-80) (Researched by Don McQueen)'

Threat Status: Threatened In Cultivation As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/