NIGHT WHISPERS (T. Johnson ’20)
TB Midseason 34” (86cm)
Medium wine-red Standards over deep black cherry falls with smoldering saturated orange beards. Fantastic wide show stems with plenty of buds make NIGHT WHISPERS a smashing sensation.
Sdlg TJ84D Sib to Heat of the Moment

SMOLDERING PASSION (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Mid-Late 35” (89cm)
Smooth black cherry standards over deeper black cherry falls with fully saturated tangerine orange beards. The clarity and smoothness of the color is very clean and crisp looking in the garden. Fantastic growth and show stems coming from the wonderful parent ‘Sharp Dressed Man’. Very striking and sharp looking for sure!!
Sdlg TJ80ZZ: Iconic X Sharp Dressed Man

TAKE A LOOK (T. Johnson ’23)
TB Midseason 35” (89cm)
Sweet fragrance. Dark ruby red standards and edge on black cherry falls. Smoldering orange to near red beards. Large flowers on beautiful ruffled form. A very gorgeous iris. Sdlg. TM75C: Night Whispers X Own The Night.

DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (Paul Black 23)
BB Late-Very Late 24” (61cm)
Slight musky fragrance You’ll return again and again to gaze upon this sultry siren. Full, classically formed flowers have smooth mid-dark garnet standards. Velvety black cherry falls are delicately edged in narrow paler ruffles. Glowing light yellow hafts are veined and sanded black cherry and adorned with smoldering burnt orange beards. Clean, vigorous growth produces show stalks with 3 branches and 7-9 buds. The IB, 'Morning Show' was used to provide a different genetic base in the quest for "the red iris". Sdlg. Z121A: Black V170A: (Morning Show x Black P248B, Hi Love pollen parent) X Black X59A, Radiant Garnet sib

STORM TROOPER (B. Blyth ’23)
TB Midseason 36” (91cm)
Slight sweet fragrance. Rich purple standards over deep maroon black falls with smoldering orange beards. Nicely branched and budded show stems. A real rich and plush bicolor that stands out well in the fields. Sdlg. Z40-B: Dash Of Burgundy X Devil By Night.

CAN’T BE DENIED (T. Johnson ’24)
TB Early-midseason 36” (91cm)
Sweet fragrance. Deep purple black standards sit atop black falls with a lighter rim and smoldering orange beards. This is a pattern we continue to work on for depth of color, ruffles, and lace. Can’t Be Denied is another step in that direction and is quite dramatic. The heavily ruffled and well-formed flowers are gorgeous. Sdlg. TM75A: Night Whispers X Own The Night