Iris douglasiana Drawn at the Botanic Garden in Tilden Park in Berkeley, California, on 26 April 1983. The Douglas Iris is easily one of the most familiar and best loved of all the California wildflowers. Growing abundantly on broad grassy slopes, in open places on the coastal prairie, and in the mixed evergreen forest from Santa Barbara to the Oregon border, it is in bloom from March to May. The Douglas Iris produces many size and color variations, depending on conditions. It can vary from a few inches high on windy coastal hills to more than two feet in a protected woodland setting. The flower color may vary from pure white through all the tints and shades of blue, to the deepest purple imaginable. The leaves can be very curved or tall and straight. As a printmaker, I have made scores of different iris prints. Not only is the Iris one of the subjects most loved by the general public, but happily, it is one of my great favorites as well —Henry Evans
200 copies were printed and sell for $300 each.