Blyth, 1997

Height 40" Early to mid season

Standards silvery mauve lilac - Falls red violet, 1/8" silvery mauve lilac edge - Beards tangerine - Ruffled and laced

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

Keppel, 1989

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

Hooker Nichols, 1988
Height 36" - mid to late season
Ruffled dark yellow self with a red-orange beard
Honorable Mention, 1995 - Award of Merit, 1997

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

Ernst, 1988
Height 35" - mid season

Standards peach cream - Falls rosy red mauve, violet infusion below bright orange beard - Lightly ruffled

Sutton, 2010

Height 35" Mid to late season

Standards barium yellow, slightly veined white - Style arms barium yellow - Falls violet blue veined light blue, 3/4" ruby red band - Beards barium yellow, violet blue at end - Serrated edges - Slight sweet fragrance

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

Schreiner, 2005

Height 36" Mid to late season

Standards violet purple - Falls dark violet-purple, bronze rim, white blaze below beards - Beards old gold

Innerst, 1999

Height 36" - Mid season & rebloom
Medium yellow - Beards white - Slight fragrance
Honorable Mention, 2001

Black P, 2013
Height 34" - Mid to late season - pronounced sweet fragrance
Standards green-ecru, mid violet infused midrib - Style arms green-ecru, mid violet midrib - Falls mid dark violet-blue center blending to light slate-blue margin, brassy olive haft - Beards mid burnt orange
Honorable Mention, 2015

Duncan, 2005
Height 31" - late season
Heavily ruffled dark purple-black self - Self beards - Slight sweet fragrance
Honorable Mention, 2007 - Award of Merit, 2009

Hager, 2002
Height 37" - Early to mid season - Laced yellow self with self beards
Honorable Mention, 2004

Black, 2014

Height 36" Early to mid season

Standards and style arms mid apricot - Falls wine, mid apricot veins and sanding beside beards and dart at end of beard, wide shaded mid apricot band - Beards burnt orange - Slight spicy fragrance - Ruffled

Honorable Mention, 2016

Schreiner, 2010
Height 38" - Mid season - Standards are pink - Falls are dusky rose with 1/4" pink edge - Beards are dark violet

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

Schreiner, 1994 - Height 36" - mid to late season - Ruffled orange self with tangerine beards
Honorable Mention, 1996

Johnson, 2009
Height 33" - Early to mid season - Standards and style arms bright yellow-gold - Falls dark mahogany, large yellow-gold sunburst around vibrant orange-gold beards - 2 branches, 7 buds - Musky fragrance
Honorable Mention, 2011

Stout, 2009 - Height 38" - mid season - Standards warm peach-pink infused with red, gold edge - Style arms peach-pink - Falls rich garnet, 1/8" pink edge, small white area on hafts - Beards orange-red - Slight fragrance
Award of Merit, 2014 - Honorable Mention, 2012

Sutton, 2011
Height 36" - Mid to late season & rebloom - Pronounced sweet fragrance
Standards white, flushed and veined butter yellow - Style arms white, butter yellow crests - Falls yellow shoulders, white area around beards blending into marbled purple, red, violet and yellow, pale blue-violet edge - Beards yellow - Ruffled

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

Jedlicka, 2007 - Height 32" - mid season - SA - Standards light rosy pink centers blending to bright medium rose-violet edges - Style arms peach pink - Falls iridescent peach wash especially on hafts giving a peach glow affect - Beards bright tangerine with short fuzzy lighter tangerine horns

Jedlicka, 2007 - Height 32" - mid season - SA - Standards light rosy pink centers blending to bright medium rose-violet edges - Style arms peach pink - Falls iridescent peach wash especially on hafts giving a peach glow affect - Beards bright tangerine with short fuzzy lighter tangerine horns

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

Schreiner, 2010
Height 37" - mid season - Standards and falls black - Beards black

John C Wister Medal, 2017 - Honorable Mention, 2012 - Award of Merit, 2014

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

Ernst, 2003 - Height 36" - mid to late season - Rich purple standards - Peach-buff falls - Tangerine beards

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

Johnson, 2015
Height 36" - mid season - Standards flesh pink - style arms pink - Falls fuchsia-rose, flesh pink bands - Beards orange - Sweet fragrance
Honorable Mention, 2017 - Award of Merit, 2019

Lauer, 1997 - Height 37" - early to mid season - Standards light creamy yellow, purple midrib shading - Style arms creamy yellow, base purple - Falls lavender, rim lighter - Beards white end, mustard midsection, yellow in throat - Sweet fragrance

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

Black, 2020
Height 32" - Early to mid
Standards blue-white, randomly streaked mid lilac - Style arms mid violet, mid gold edge and ridge - Falls white hafts lined and sanded mid rose-plum, remainder pale straw randomly streaked varying hues of red to rose-grape - Beard hairs based white, tips butterscotch - Pronounced sweet fragrance

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

Rogers, 2000 - Height 30" - mid season - Greyed orange standards - Style arms greyed orange - Falls greyed purple-red, 1/8" greyed orange rim - Greyed orange beards - Purple based foliage - Sweet fragrance
Honorable Mention, 2003

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

Tasco, 2009
Height 40" - Mid season - Standards bronze yellow, lighter toward midrib, dotted slightly darker in center - Style arms buttercup yellow, lightly fringed, slightly darker underside of crests - Falls indian yellow ground lightening near beard, burgundy-brown sanding, heavier toward edge, thin burgundy-brown center line - Beards golden yellow, light sandy-brown at end - Lightly ruffled - Very light purple base foliage - Slight fragrance
Honorable Mention, 2011

Byers, 1990

Height 35" Mid season & rebloom

Standards medium red violet - Falls medium violet, distinctly bordered bright red violet - Beard mixed violet and gold - Ruffled

Johnson, 2011
Height 32" - mid season - Standards cameo pink, lighter toward edges - Style arms cameo pink - Falls pale pink-cream, center washed red violet, dark red-purple veins covering two thirds of center - Beards orange red - Ruffled - Slight fragrance - 7 buds

Award of Merit, 2015
PRODUCES SMALL RHIZOMES

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!