RADICAL RASCAL (P. Black ‘20)
SDB Midseason-Late 12” (30cm)
How to describe the ever-changing? Sometimes it is white with very little mid lilac plicata marking and other times it has only a small amount of white showing and all sorts in between. Either way, it is unique. Thank you, Sarah Schwass, for the name.
Sdlg. Y265G: Cool Dude X (V217B: Pinky Ring x S324E, Notation sib)

QUIGLEY (Thomas Johnson ’22)
SDB Midseason 15” (38cm)
Slight fragrance. I found it quite difficult to capture the unique beauty of Quigley in a photograph. I am still not completely satisfied. The color is more vibrant than the photo shows. It is one of those that I kept coming back to admire and study its unique coloration. Really fun in full clump, sorry I missed getting a good clump shot, but there is so much happening at once in the spring and such little time. Brassy gold standards with a little white ground showing in the centers. Falls have a white ground below the beard then cinnamon dotting and a central belly stripe. A brassy gold band encircles the fall. Very different and unique.
Sdlg TL227A: Unknown parentage, illegible tag.

QUEEN OF DARKNESS (P. Black ‘19)
SDB Early-Midseason 14” (36cm)
She does rule supreme in the garden. Iridescent red purple standards and styles sit above purple black falls set ablaze by big bright orange beards. Clumps packed full of stalks give a long bloom season.
Sdlg. Y292D: V340B: (T271F: (R284 turquoise plic sib: (Graph x P168G, Total Denial sib) x Q95A, My Cher sib) x T272 wine sib: Unknown) X U159A: (R222C: (Devoted x P199A: (T.Johnson TX100A, pod parent of It’s Amazing x N334C sib, pod parent of Worry Wart)) x (Devoted x P144A: ((L223A: Brash x Pink Frosting) x Pink Potion)))

PUMPKINS (L. Miller ’20)
SDB Midseason 10” (25.5cm)
Pumpkin orange standards and edge on maroon falls. Nice form!
Sdlg 1013 (Bright x One of a Kind sib.) X (Fission Chips x One of a Kind Sib.)

PROCEEDING FORWARD (Paul Black 23)
Spec-X Midseason-Late 12” (30cm)
Slight sweet fragrance Work to further exploit the superb traits of I. junonia continue with this cross to incorporate pink color into the mix. This is a breeders iris more than a polished modern SDB. Mid slate garnet flowers have rusty orange hafts with white veins. Two branches and 4 buds is normal. Sdlg. BB208A: Weird Science X Sweet Pink

PORTLAND PINK (P. Black ‘15)
SDB Late-Very Late 15” (38cm)
It was tagged for introduction from its maiden bloom. Saying it is unique is a vast understatement. It is the best formed of all the pink SDBs. Color has great depth and richness. Its one flaw is some flowers have a 4th standard. It is a big advancement in my project to create SDBs that bloom into TB season. It begins bloom in early TB season. How cool to have a SDB for a TB timed show. The cross that created it, an IB X IB, shouldn’t have been fertile but it did have viable seed. Even more amazing, ‘Portland Pink’ is fertile. It can be picky about its partner but can have anywhere from a few to normal numbers of seed and they germinate. Shorty, the pod parent, is from a pink tetraploid MTB seedling X my SDB, ‘Juicy Tidbit’. The pollen parent is a multi-branched & budded IB from a small flowered TB, ‘Inspired’ sib X my SDB, ‘Love Spell’. Growth is strong and increase rapid. Although it is from 2 IBs, it has never exceeded SDB height. What about using it in hybridizing? Go on, have your way with it. It is fertile with SDBs, IBs, tet MTBs, BBs and TBs. I haven’t tried MDBs. Expect wide variation in flower and plant size of seedlings.
Cook-Douglas Medal 2021
Sdlg. T234A: Shorty X (Inspired sib x Love Spell)

PIRATE BABY (T. Johnson ’18)
SDB Late 12” (31cm)
Near solid purple plic standards over creamy yellow ground. Falls have yellow to cream ground with purple plic band and deep purple black hafts.
Sdlg. TH207B: (((Incindiary x Brash) x Chart) x Raspberry Crisp) X Unwritten.

PINK MEDLEY (P. Black ‘20)
SDB Early-Midseason 14” (36cm)
It is a medley of little rippled ruffles and soft pastel colors. Light pink standards are narrowly edged gold. Elongated copper peach hafts blend to pink and are edged gold. Tangerine pink beards sing with clarity. Exceptional parent.
Sdlg. Y255E: Romance Novel X V271A: (Orange Obsession x T219C, Meticulous pod parent)

PETITE WOMAN (Lynda Miller ’22)
SDB Early-Midseason 12” (31cm)
Standards pink, overlaid light magenta. Falls are rose pink with a deep magenta diffused spot. Dark coral-tangerine beards.
Sdlg 1618B: (6412A x (Fairy Jester x Pink Potion)) X sib to Pixie Fuzz.

PET PROJECT (T. Johnson ’20)
SDB Late 15” (38cm)
Medium bisque pink Standards, hafts and edge on cream falls. Very large bushy blue frosted beards set the flowers ablaze. Flashy and fun!
Sdlg TJ31A FAB LIFE X OH WOW

PERFECT LOOK (T. Johnson ’20)
SDB Midseason 13” (33cm)
Medium Lavender blue standards and rim on deep magenta falls. White beards with orange hair tips are set off with a small white dart below the beard. A very classy sib to Wowzie.
Sdlg TJ22B

PERFECT BALANCE (T. Johnson ’20)
SDB Midseason 13” (33cm)
Extremely wide and ruffled rosy purple plicata on white ground. There is deeper purple plicata marks across the hafts on either side of the beard. The beard is light lavender with deep lavender hair tips. NOT just another purple plicata!
Sdlg TJ36A TG305B:(SUNNY BABE SIB) X LUCKY

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS (T. Johnson ’21)
SDB Late 15” (38cm)
Brilliant golden yellow with deep rust red plicata dots at the hafts becoming lighter rust red near the bottom edge of the falls. Very intensely bright!!
Sdlg TK268H: sib to Here and There

PEACH MEDLEY (P. Black '21)
SDB Early-Midseason 13” (33cm)
What a yummy blending of pink to peach to mid apricot! The unique topping on this gorgeous medley is the two-colored beard. The throat is coral with distal half being white. It is a beautifully showy contrast.
Sdlg. Y260D: V271A: (Orange Obsession x T219C, Meticulous pod parent sib) X V244A: (R273B, Lovable Pink sib x R273I, Lovable Pink sib).

PARTY ON (Thomas Johnson ’22)
SDB Midseason-Late 12” (31cm)
Sweet fragrance. Orange standards. Falls have a light creamy orange ground heavily overlaid deep maroon except for a lined lighter area below the brilliant tangerine beard. Hafts are also touched orange. Sharp and clean pattern.
Sdlg TL256C: Tuned In X Alaia.

OUTRAGEOUS VISION (P. Black '21)
SDB Midseason-Very Late 15” (38cm)
Here’s another in the expanding line of late blooming, multiple budded and branched SDBs. Classically formed flowers have smoky light violet to buff pink blended standards and light pink to violet styles. Mid violet blend falls have cream hafts with dark plum veins that extend downward. Dark orange beards make it even more outrageous. Three well-spaced branches have 7-9 buds.
Sdlg. Y211A: V193E: (Date with Destiny x Q47C, Devil’s Delight pod parent) X V322A: involved.

Gorgeous bright orange self with 4 buds!

ON A LARK (Thomas Johnson ’22)
SDB Midseason 13” (33cm)
Spicy fragrance. Near solid canary yellow standards with a white ground inside the standards. Falls have a white ground with nutmeg dotted hafts and a lemon plicata dotted edge. Very bright.
Sdlg TK275A: Little Keepsake X Alaia.

OH WOW (T. Johnson ’17)
SDB Midseason-Late 15” (38cm)
Oh wow is exactly what I say whenever I see this. The picture says it best, it is all about the beards! The intensity of the blue beards is a bit variable from season to season but is always dramatic. 3 buds.
SDB Award of Merit 2021
Sdlg TG334F: (Sib to Wit x It’s Amazing) X Worry Wart.

OH MY (T. Johnson ’20)
SDB Late 15” (38cm)
Oh my is all I keep saying when I walk by this one and look at the beard. The standards are a bit twisted but the deep navy to near black beards are incredible. Strong growth and bloom with three buds per stem. Amazing!
Sdlg TJ61B parentage unknown