DIAMOND HEART (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Early 36” (91cm)
Gold standards with slight violet line up the midrib. Falls are lavender purple with deep gold thumbprints on either side of brilliant tangerine beards. A brown band around the falls brings the whole pattern to life. Wide overlapping falls, an easy grower and very floriferous, Diamond Heart is a welcome addition to the early season.
Sdlg: TI137A: Painted Love X Hard to Resist

DO THE FANDANGO (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Mid-Late 32” (81cm)
Deep grape purple standards. Falls are grape purple with deep purple black lines and a wide grape purple band. Deep brown and grape purple blended beards. Nicely ruffled flowers on good stems. A truly unique creation with a very clean and mysterious look. I love it, and hope you will too.
Sdlg: TJ156A: Cherry Parfait X Sib to All Things Considered and Those Violet Eyes.

EYES OF AN ANGEL (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Late 35” (89cm)
I have been working on the blue bearded pink iris pattern for quite a few years. The biggest challenge is to keep the blue beard and get the petals a more true pink and less lavender pink. I am quite happy with Eyes of an Angel. Beautiful pink standards and edge on white falls with frosted powder blue beards. Wonderful wide and ruffled flowers on good stems. A knockout in person and a must for the lover of blue bearded pinks.
Sdlg TJ127A: Sib to Poem of Love X Soul Mate.

FULL OF JOY (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Mid 34” (86cm)
Icy blue white standards with green infused midribs. Falls are a lavender blue with white rays extending out from around the beard becoming a wide white border. Very large and wide ruffled flowers draw you in for a closer look. Very pretty!
Sdlg TJ156B, sib to Do the Fandango.

GREETINGS MY LADY (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Early-Mid 34” (86cm)
Cream ground almost completely overlaid with pink and a little bit of violet dotting. Falls are stark white with a violet plicata band. Beards tangerine with red tips. A very clean and pretty bicolor plicata. Nice wide form and strong growth with show stems. Nice!!
Sdlg TK215B: Sib to Photo Shoot X Beautician.

GUSSIED UP (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Mid 35” (89cm)
Stark white standards with a slight lavender wash in the center. Falls are a deep rich purple with white lines and a white rim. Gold style crests show through between the standards providing a nice contrast. Orange red beards add to the effect. Very showy and a garden visitor favorite. Strong growth and good stems add to the appeal.
Sdlg. TJ224A, sib to Thundering Applause.

HEADLINE NEWS (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Early 30” (76cm)
Wow is what I always say when I see this one bloom. The flowers are large and very dramatic. Lavender standards with a slightly darker infusion in the midrib. Falls are a very deep plush purple black with a very ruffled lavender band and then a thin deep purple wire edge. The beards are a brilliant orange. A very clean brilliant contrast. Makes startling clumps!! Highly recommended.
Sdlg TI169ZZ: sib to Higher Love X Twilight Rhapsody.

HEART RACER (B. Blyth ’21)
TB Mid 36” (91cm)
A delicious Iris with standards of icy pink flushed softest rose at midribs. The falls are light magenta with a ¼” well defined edge of the standard colour. Beards are lightly burnt tangerine. It has a light perfume. Huge blooms and well branched.
Sdlg. Y64-A: Soul Singer sib X Painted Words sib

IGNITE THE LIGHT (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Early-Mid 36” (91cm)
It has been hard for me to capture the beauty of this one in a photo. Very light yellow standards are heavily flushed deep golden yellow at the base and in the center transitioning to veining at the edge. Falls are a rich reddish brown with a lemon yellow and white blended band. A clump of this blooming in the full sun is spectacular. An excellent garden iris that is well branched, budded and floriferous.
Sdlg TJ225ZZ: (((Wild Angel x sib) x Girl Gone wild) x Mardi Gras Ball) X Apricot Smoothie.

INKED IN (B. Blyth ’21)
TB Late 38” (96cm)
Having had the opportunity to flower many thousands of plicatas over the years and seen many more in other seedling patches, this stands out for me as being very memorable. The standards are white, lightly veined light violet over most of the area, shading deeper at midribs and towards the base. The falls are white with a 1/4” stitched edge of near solid mid violet. The really striking parts of this flower are the hafts and style crests. The hafts are near black, heavily shaded brown, spreading out on the falls to the ends of the beards. Beards are white, heavily tipped violet-brown. Show branching and should win at a late show. Good parent, though not easy.
Sdlg. X268-6: sib to Margin Trader.

JUST YOU AND ME (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Late 37” (94cm)
Standards are a blended pink with peach gold bands. Falls are white with a narrow light peach band. There is a slight medium peach touched haft area on either side of large powder blue beards. Wonderful wide and ruffled and even slightly laced flowers are carried on gorgeous show stems. A fantastic way to close the season. A very much admired, elegant beauty!!
Sdlg TH122A: Hold Me Now X Lasting Moment

MAGIC IN ME (B. Blyth ’21)
TB Mid-Late 37” (94cm)
This came from a cross made in Keith Keppel’s garden in Oregon by me using an American Iris as pod parent and pollen parent is from a Keppel cross made in Australia from Australian varieties and seed sent back to US and raised by Keith Keppel. The seedling which was to become Magic in Me was raised and selected in Australia and was returned to America for naming and introduction, a complete international effort! Standards are creamy lemon, faintly flushed lavender at midribs. The falls are lavender-violet with blended tan around the edges and hafts. Beards are prominent burnt tangerine. An elegant Iris that grows easily and flowers in profusion.
Sdlg. Z16-1: Wishes Granted X Keppel 11-178X: (Jealous Guy x Rubenesque)

MARRY THE NIGHT (T. Johnson ’17)
TB Early 32” (81cm)
Near solid, very dark purple standards and deep fall band and haft bar on pristine white falls. Showy old gold beards make a statement. Moderate sized flowers are heavily ruffled on wonderful show stalks with lots of buds. Very showy. Gorgeous form!
TB Award of Merit 2021
Sdlg TF77D: Sib to Locomotion.

MOONLIT RENDEZVOUS (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Early 32” (81cm)
Stark white with deep inky blue violet fall band. This is an iris that has to be seen to truly appreciate the sharpness and clarity of the pattern. Very nice wide overlapping ruffled form on great show stems. Moonlit Rendezvous is a prolific grower and bloomer. Makes a striking garden iris. Nice!!
Sdlg TJ95ZZ: Center Ice X Hard to Resist.

MY PRETTY (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Late 34” (86cm)
Ivory standards with a blue cast and a strong deep pink center spot. Falls are light blue, pink and white blend with deep pink hafts and very light powder blue beards. Very wide form helps to show off the deep pink thumbprint hafts. Very distinctive and pretty.
Sdlg TJ93A: Beauty Within X (Poem of Love sib x Magic Act).

PERFECTLY COMPOSED (P. Black ‘20)
MTB Early-Midseason 18” (46cm)
Emphasis is on very round modern form. Standards and styles are pale blue. Mid violet blue falls have white haft veins beside white beards. Three branches and 7-9 buds.
Sdlg. Y191C: U66A: (Date with Destiny x S208A, Silver Ice sib) X W211A: (U88A: (First Lady of Spring x Spell) x U68A: (Date with Destiny x unknown cross))

PIECE BY PIECE (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Mid 36” (91cm)
White ground standards are almost completely sanded and dotted gold, lighter in the center. Falls are white with deep red violet hafts and rim at distal end of petal. The border on the sides of the fall is heavily dotted medium lavender. Yellow beards with light lavender tips add to the interest. This is a very interesting and different color combination for a plicata. Very lovely and cheery. A good strong grower with nice stems and buds and classic form. Fantastic! Sadly, for hybridizers the cross tag had faded and I could not read it, so it is unknown parentage.
Sdlg TK172A: unknown parentage.

PLUM LOCO (K. Keppel '21)
TB early midseason 38" (97 cm)
Medium mulberry standards; falls creamy white with deep mulberry band. Great stems and color!

PUERTO VALLARTA (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Early 36” (91cm)
Puerto Vallarta the iris kind of reminds me of the beautiful sunsets over the ocean on the beach in Puerto Vallarta, thus the name. Brilliant golden yellow standards. Falls have dark yellow hafts that blend to a lighter lemon wash and finally deepening to a mustard yellow edge. Salmon shadings are deeper at the haft becoming a blended wash inside the yellow edge. There is also a large white patch below the intensely saturated yellow/orange beards. A very consistent garden performer with show stems and 9 buds. An easy and strong grower that really adds a bright spot of color in the garden. Super!!
Sdlg TJ103YY: In the News X Dressed to the Nines.

RAVISHING RUBY (T. Johnson ’16)
TB Early 36” (91cm)
Heavily ruffled standards are magenta blended to darker rose magenta. Lighter chalky rose maroon falls have a bluish cast and have hafts and narrow bands of the standard’s color. Intriguing beards are dark mustard tipped brown. Tall, well-branched stalks have 7 buds.
TB Award of Merit 2021
Sdlg TD338A: Prince of Hearts X Broome Sunset sib