Absolute Treasure
Rick Tasco, 2006 - Height 42" - mid season - Sky blue self - style arms slightly lighter toward back - Falls slightly lighter center - Beards white, tipped golden yellow in middle and throat, frosty white at end - heavily ruffled - slight sweet fragrance -
Honorable Mention, 2008 - Award of Merit, 2010 - John C Wister Medal, 2013 - Dykes Medal Runner-up, 2016
Height 32" - Early season & reblooms
Standards are peach beige washed and dotted rosy purple - Falls are apricot dotted and trimmed red-purple - Beard is Terra Cotta to spartan
Sutton, 2005
height 36" - mid to late season & rebloom
Standards cream infused pale pink - Style arms creamy pink - Falls white overlaid and veined shades of bluebird blue - Beards red orange, white at end - Slight sweet fragrance
Honorable Mention, 2008
Black, 2015
Height 37" - early to late season - Standards mid grey-rose washed over butter ground, 3/8" mid yellow laced band - style arms mid light-yellow, darker at base, white ridge - Falls white luminata patch blended to mid rose center to garnet, yellow hafts washed mahogany, narrow mid gold-yellow rim wider on reverse - Beards mid yellow in throat and middle, white ends, hairs based white - ruffled and laced - slight fragrance
Honorable Mention, 2017
Innerst, 2001 - Height 36" - mid to late season - Standards medium yellow - Falls fancy patterned with various shades of purple and 1/4" yellow rim - Beards lemon
Black , 2016
Height 38" - mid to very late season - Standards white center heavily sanded mid wine blending to dark wine band - Style arms mid old gold, slate-violet ridge, dark plum-brown crest - Falls mid yellow ground sanded rose-plum, wide dark red-brown sanded plicata band, same color random dotting over center and center stripe, white patch in throat - Beards hairs based white, tips mid marigold - Pronounced sweet fragrance
Hager, 1990 - Height 34" - early season & rebloom - Blue-violet plicata markings over clean white petals - Petals are peppered and edged with same blue-violet
Honorable Mention, 1994
Ensminger, 1986 - Height 24" - early season - Border bearded - Purple and white broken color - Large purple flowers are splattered, splashed, and streaked with white - Every bloom is different
Honorable Mention, 1988 - Award of Merit, 1990 - Knowlton Medal, 1992
PRODUCES SMALL RHIZOMES
Ghio J, 2009
Height 33" - Early to late season
Standards apricot deepening at center and midribs - Falls white, orchid band - Beards red
Honorable Mention, 2011
Schreiner, 1999 - Height 36" - mid to late season - Black self - Standards and style arms are dark purple-black - Falls are deep obsidian black - Beards are purple-black with yellow in throat - 6 to 7 buds per stem
Tasco, 2008 - Height 34" - early to mid season - Standards dark red violet - Style arms same, lighter edges, fringed crest - Falls satiny jet black - Beards burnt persimmon orange - Moderately ruffled, medium purple based foliage - Very slight fragrance
John C Wister Medal, 2014 - Honorable Mention, 2010 - Award of Merit, 2012
Keppel, 2007 - Height 40" - mid to late season - Standards and style arms are light pink - Falls phlox pink paling to lilac white center - Beards white tipped carnelian red
Schreiner, 1996 - Height 39" - mid to late season - Ruffled medium blue self - Beards yellow, tipped white at end
Honorable Mention, 1998 - Award of Merit, 2000
Black, 2012
Height 45" - mid to very late season - Standards dark base and midribs blending to mid blue edges, darker blue textured veins over upper 2/3 - Style arms mid blue - Falls mid blue fading to pale blue, darker at edge, mid blue textured veins - Beards orange - Pronounced sweet fragrance
Award of Merit, 2017
Sutton, 2009
Height 35" - Early to late & rebloom
Standards and style arms yellow - Falls washed violet, cornflower blue and red purple, 1/2" indian lake rim lightens to aster mauve edge, zonal area yellow, orange in throat
Keppel, 2009 - Height 32" - mid to late season - Standards apricot - Style arms Chinese yellow - Falls apricot blaze, 3/4" to 1" wide band blending to rubient, edge shaded port wine - Big, bushy red orange beards
Honorable Mention, 2011
Tasco, 2001 - Height 35" - early to mid season - Standards are light grape, edged tan - Falls are white ground with wide dark grape plicata band - Violet beards with yellow throat - Sweet fragrance
Schreiner, 2002
Height 38" - Mid to late season - Standards and style arms white - Falls imperial purple, white centerline and patterning below beard - Beards yellow
Honorable Mention, 2006
Cayeux, 2003 - Height 39" - mid to late season - SA - Light yellow standards - Red purple falls with pale yellow centers - Orange beards with orangish yellow horns - From France
Schreiner, 1994 - Height 36" - mid season - Arched and ruffled standards are solid yellow-apricot - Cream white falls are edged with 1/4" band of same yellow-apricot - Tangerine beards - Strong stems bear 9 buds, many triple-socketed
Honorable Mention, 1996 - Award of Merit, 1998
Schreiner, 1991 - Height 37" - early to mid season - Rose plicata - Standards are pink - Falls pure white, edged and peppered with deep rose-violet plicata markings - 8 to 9 buds on 3 branches
Honorable Mention, 1993 - Award of Merit, 1997
Ben Hager, 1998 - Height 35" - mid season - Standards peach pink, purple blended up midrib - Style arms peach - Falls buff, lavender, and blue blend - Beards tangerine
Honorable Mention, 2000 - Award of Merit, 2002
This Iris is a good grower and multiplier, produces an abundance of beautiful flowers, but produces SMALL rhizomes!
