Vintage Marc Blackwell Mamie's Garden Dinner Plate Blue Iris Porcelain Flower

Description: Vintage Marc Blackwell New York PlateCondition: This hard to find plate is used in good pre-owned condition. The plate has wear and scratches on the gold border/rim as well as on the plate artwork. The plate has light signs of use.Pattern: Mamie's GardenFlower: Blue IrisPlate Diameter: 10 7/8 inchesNot Microwave SafeNot Dishwasher SafePlease note: this listing is for the plate only. The easel is for display only and is not included with this listing. Dine in "Mamie's Garden" with this hard to find plate from Marc Blackwell New York. The dinner plate features a large blue iris accented by gold detailing on the leaves. Plate has a gold and dark green ring around the flower which is complimented by a gold and dark green rim. The plate has a diameter of 10 7/8 inches. It is made of fine porcelain. The Mamie's Garden pattern is hard to find and is no longer available. The plate is not microwave and not dishwasher safe. Iris spuria, or blue flag, is a species of the genus Iris, part of the subgenus Limniris and the series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Europe, Asia and Africa. It has purple or lilac flowers, and slender, elongated leaves. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions and hybridized for use in the garden. It has several subspecies; Iris spuria subsp. carthaliniae (Achv. & Mirzoeva) B.Mathew, Iris spuria subsp. demetrii (Achv. & Mirzoeva) B.Mathew, Iris spuria subsp. maritima (Dykes) P.Fourn. and Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica (Fomin) Takht. It used to have 3 other subspecies, which have now been re-classified as separate species; Iris spuria subsp. halophila (now Iris halophila), Iris spuria ssp. sogdiana (now Iris halophile subsp. sogdiana) and Iris spuria subsp. notha (now Iris notha). It has many common names including 'blue iris', 'spurious iris' and 'bastard iris'. It has a thin, slender rhizome, that is about 2 cm in diameter, fibrous and has a creeping habit. Under the rhizome are wiry roots. The creeping habit creates compact clumps of plants. They can reach over 90 cm (35 in) wide. It has erect, slender, sword-shaped, acuminate (ending in a point), glaucous green to blue green basal leaves. They can grow up to between 25–90 cm (10–35 in) long and 5–12 mm wide. They are normally nearly as long as the flowering stem. After the plant has flowered and set seed, the leaves die in the late summer. It has a strong, erect, round stem, that can reach up to between 50–80 cm (20–31 in) long. The stem has 1 or 2 lateral, upright branches, or pedicels, which are about 2 cm long.The stem also has keeled, lanceolate, green, spathes (leaves of the flower bud) (or bracts). These are 40–80 cm (16–31 in) long, and have a membranous tip. The upper cauline (on stem) leaves are shorter than internodes. The stems (and branches) hold 1–4 terminal (top of stem) flowers, in summer, between May and July. They flower after Iris germanica and are similar in form to Iris x hollandica. It has large, lightly scented, flowers that are up to 6–12 cm (2–5 in) in diameter, and they come in shades of lilac, mauve-blue, violet-blue, purple-blue, violet, or blue. It has 2 pairs of petals, 3 large sepals (outer petals), known as the 'falls' and 3 inner, smaller petals (or tepals, known as the 'standards'. The falls are broadly ovate, elliptic, or orbicular with a long claw (section leading to the stem). The fall is 4.5–6 cm (2–2 in) long,[5][16][23] and 2.5 cm wide. They have purple or violet veining, and a central yellow or white stripe or signal area. The standards are short, lanceolate or oblanceolate, erect wavy, and 3–6 cm (1–2 in) long and 8–20 mm wide. It has a 7–10 mm long perianth tube, the ovary has a long tapering beak, which can be up to 40mm long. It has a narrow, violet style, 2.5 cm long violet-lilac stigmas, 1.27 cm long anthers, which equal the filament length. After the iris has flowered, it produces an oblong-ovate, hexagonal (2.5–4 cm long)) seed capsule in September. It has a long beak-like appendage on the top, and 6 visible, longitudinal groves. Inside the capsule, are light brown, angular seeds, with a loose membranous testa (surface).The iris is generally listed as of 'Least Concern' on 26 April 2013 in most European countries. But it is listed as rare or endangered in some.In Russia, the digging up of wild iris rhizomes is strictly prohibited. In Sweden, it is rare and is only found on the coastal meadows in southern Sweden. On the island of Saltholm, the colony was diminishing, before being protected. In Germany, it is rare and colonies are protected. In Serbia, it is also rare, and within Hungary, colonies are also protected In Czechoslovakia, it has mixed fortunes. In the region of Moravia, it is now regarded as extinct. In the Slovak Republic, it is classified as a 'critically endangered' species, and listed in the Red Book, with the meadows to the north and east of Štúrovo, now protected. It is currently found in about 10 locations in Podunajskej lowlands, near Komárno and Sturova Nitra. It is hardy to between USDA Zone 3 and Zone 9. It is also hardy to European Zone H2. It is tolerant to most garden soils, it will grow on wet soils, saline soils, and saline marshes. It prefers well drained, humus rich soils. It is tolerant of acid soils, but prefers neutral soils.It prefers positions in full sun or partial shade. Although, shade reduces the flowering amount. They prefer hot and dry summers, only requiring plenty of water during the spring.Like most species in the Spuria series, they do not like root disturbance. It is best planted from dormant rhizomes in autumn, and deeper in the soil than Iris germanica. It can be used in borders or in beds for cut flower (for the house). They create large full clumps of plants. Aphis newtoni Theobald can be found on Iris bloudowii, Iris latifolia, Iris spuria and Tigridia pavonia. Also Dysaphis tulipae can be found on Iris spuria. It can be pollinated by bees. It can also be propagated by division (of the rhizomes), or by seed growing. Growing by seeds gives a more reliable results. Due to the wide range of species, (with various tolerances for heat, salt or cold resistance), they have been very useful to plant breeders. Many of the modern cultivars have been breed with larger flowers in a wider range of colors than wild species. (Wikipedia)

Price: 124.99 USD

Location: Santa Ana, California

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