Standards and style arms yellow - Falls pastel purple, red-brown radiating from hafts to all around edge forming wide band - Beards purple tipped red-brown - Slight sweet fragrance
Ben Hager, 2001 - Height 37" - early to mid season - Standards blue with violet cast, darker midribs - Style arms pale blue to white - Falls clean white - Beards yellow tipped blue - Heavy substance - 7 buds on 3 branches
Lauer, 1998 - Height 36" - mid to late season - Standards and style arms reddish brown - Falls purplish lavender with reddish brown rim and brown shoulders - Beards mustard tipped purple - Slight sweet fragrance
Keppel, 2013
Height 35" - Mid
Standards mauve, chrome lemon edge, brighter and darker at base - Style arms pinard yellow lightly infused lavender, lip lavender and white - Falls prunella to canterbury violet, narrowchartreuse yellow edge, white heart extending to tip of beard, hafts dandelion, - Beards cadmium yellow in middle, cream at ends
Honorable Mention, 2015 - Award of Merit, 2019
Black, 2017
Height 40" - early to mid season - Standards mid ruby, darker towards top, lighter peach ruby lower outer edge - Style arms violet-brown, mid gold edge - Falls plush black-cherry, near black veins, ivory veins over haft and near beard, 1/8" translucent red edge band - Beards big, dark marigold - Slight musky fragrance
Little Sandra, 2024
Height 37" Mid season
Standards white with blue tones - Style arms light pastel purple, darker purple veining at bottom - Falls dark violet blue, hafts veined white - Beards tangerine yellow in throat, bluish white in middle, dark violet end with spoon appendages - Slight sweet fragrance
Jedlicka, 2012 - Height 40" - early to mid season - Standards are pale pinkish-peach with narrow lacy yellow edges - Style arms are orange with yellow lace - Falls are white in center blending to pineapple yellow, peachy haft marks - Beards are red-orange in throat, dark tangerine in middle and yellow at ends - Sweet tart fragrance
Johnson, 2005 - Height 36" - late season - Milky white standards - Very broad and ruffled red-grape velvety falls - Orange beards
Honorable Mention, 2007 - Award of Merit, 2011
Sutton, 2010
Height 35" - Late to very late season - Standards bright yellow, white streaks at edge, slight green veining at base and midribs - Style arms cream blending to yellow, white crests - Falls bright yellow sunburst at beards to ruby red, then blending to plum, blue lavender highlights on lower 3/4 of petal, 1/8 blue rim on upper half of petal, tan rim on lower part - Beards yellow
Schreiner, 2000 - Height 37" - mid season - Dark black self - Ruffled, violet petals have a smooth luxurious texture - Each stem has 3 to 4 branches and averages 7 to 11 buds
Honorable Mention, 2002 - Award of Merit, 2004
Sutton, 2010
Height 36" - early to late season
Standards and style arms pale sea lavender - Falls center pale sea lavender lined with ray pattern of darker veins, sea lavender edge, 2" dark violet rim and 1/8" edge - Beards gold, sea lavender at end - Ruffled - Slight musky fragrance
Tasco, 1998 - Height 38" - early to mid season - Space-Age - Lightly ruffled very pale blue self, aging white - Beards pale violet at end, white center section, tangerine in throat, with violet horn
Sutton, 2001
Height 36" - Mid to late season - Slight spicy fragrance
Standards pallid butterfly blue, gold infusion near base - Style arms edged white - Falls blended burgundy, violet and plum washed pale butterfly blue, 1/4" pale blue violet edge - Beards pale blue violet, hairs tipped dark orange
Johnson, 2014
Height 33" Mid to late season
Standards bright sunshine yellow - Style arms yellow - Falls violet-purple wash below beards, deep yellow thumbprint hafts and wide diffused edge - Beards old gold - Sweet fragrance
Award of Merit, 2018 - John C. Wister Medal, 2022
Hager, 1988 - Height 35" - early to mid season - Brilliant pure orange self with bright tangerine beards - 7 to 9 buds on 3 branches
Honorable Mention, 1991 - Award of Merit, 1995
Barry Blyth, 2001 - Height 39" - early season - Standards pure white - Style arms white, midribs infused lilac - Falls bright fuchsia magenta to rosy plum, 3/8" white edge - Beards bright tangerine
Keppel, 2006 - Height 40" - mid to late season - Standards blue white - Style arms blue white, lavender tip - Falls blue violet marbled wash and wire rim of paler blue, white center and hafts veined violet - Beards paprika
Honorable Mention, 2008 - Franklin Cook Cup, 2008 - Award of Merit, 2010 - Wister Medal, 2012 - American Dykes Medal, 2015
Schreiner, 2007 - Height 36" - mid season - Standards and style arms blended brown, violet and tan - Falls blended gold, copper and tan, blaze of violet brown in center, flared - Beards gold tipped golden copper
Monty Byers, 1989 - Height 37" - mid season & rebloom - Standards deep magenta violet - Falls iridescent blend of deep magenta violet, changing to rich red brown at hafts, small blue violet blended blaze just below beard - Beard old gold, violet base - Slight musky fragrance
Ernst, 2009 - Height 35" - mid season - Standards cream white overlaid pale lemon, gilt edge - Style arms pale yellow - Falls medium yellow washed honey, red violet plicata sanding and speckles, cream rib - Beards tangerine
Standards and style arms gold - Falls velvety dark violet blend lighter around and below beard, narrowly banded dark old gold - Beards dark marigold ending in dark indigo - Sweet fragrance
George Sutton, 1997 - Height 38" - mid season - Space Ager - Standards lilac-purple - Falls lavender-purple to ruby red with a white spray pattern at hafts - Beards white, orange-yellow throat, 1/2" to 1" ruby red horn, lavender at end
Honorable Mention, 2001
B Blyth, 2005 - Height 33" - very early to mid season - Standards rich apricot - Falls rose over apricot - Beards tangerine orange - Flared and ruffled - Sweet fragrance
Gibson, 1997 - Height 35" - Mid season - Standards are warm chocolate brown - Falls have white ground with chocolate brown and violet blue plicata markings - Beards are mustard yellow
Black, 2018
Early to mid season
Standards silver white and tan, random segments and streaks of mid to light violet - Style arms pale lavender, light gold edge - Falls silver white, randomly splashed and streaked mid to dark rose-purple, white haft veined wine - Beards hairs based light violet, mid marigold in throat and middle, ends white - Slight sweet fragrance
Honorable Mention, 2021
Schreiner, 2003 - Height 39" - Early to mid to late season - Standards heavy wine violet plicata markings, midrib white - Style arms wine violet - Falls white ground, wine violet edge - Beards bright yellow - 10 to 12 socketed buds on 3 to 4 branches
Honorable Mention, 2005