Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
ROSETTE (Dessert). Probably the very best quality early pi...Read Morenk landscape variety. It usually opens one or two days later than UMBELLATA ROSEA, but the blooms are much larger, the stems are better and the blooming season is longer. In addition to having one hundred percent landscape value, it produces most excellent bloom for cutting and for show purposes, and it can be unhesitatingly recommended. $5.00
Per the APS website:
ROSETTE (Dessert, 1918) - Double - Pink - Early Midseason. Medium height. Not especially fragrant. Large. Light shell-pink of a clear, fresh shade, with a ring of short petals near the center tipped crimson; not especially fragrant. Floriferous, strong stems. Excellent foliage. A big handsome flower of unusually clean color, but of loose, floppy petalage unless extremely well grown.
Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
ROSETTE (Dessert). Probably the very best quality early pi...Read More