There are so many.....................

Anna Belle Babson is a closer match than Beverly Sills (beards) from these pics. Not nearly as widely distributed. But since you have many classics I wonder? Did they all come from the same source?

classics.. lol ...

i beg them from every garden friend i run across..

great time to hit the road if you want iris ..

i interpret your term 'classic' with.. grow like weeds.. not foo foo .. able to take any abuse .. and abject ignoring ... lol ...

though you gave me that link.. and their $5 collection looks interesting ... there you go enabling me again ...

every one i have posted should probably be at least 10 to 20 years old .... i highly doubt any of my friends 'bought' them ... in my gardening lifetime anyway ...

one neighbor has moms collection from 50 years ago ...

an 80 year old down the road has hundreds.. and has actually bought a few over the years... but she wont share anything 'newer' ....

and most 'came with the house' of various friends ...

ken