I FEEL ENCHANTING (P. Black ‘20)
MTB Midseason-Late 26” (66cm)
Great color and form. Light lilac standards blend to buff. Mid lilac falls have buff sanded veins around tangerine beards and silver rims. Four branches plus spur carry 10-14 buds.
Sdlg. Y198C: long & involved

I'M BACK (T.Johnson '07)
TB Midseason 34" (86 cm)
I'M BACK sets a new standard for form and color in reblooming irises. Not only will you love seeing it the first time, you'll long for it to return, and it will. Standards are medium lilac with rich dusty rose centers and along upper margins which are covered with a fine network of burgundy veins. Styles are dusty rose with crests veined dark burgundy. Falls are velvety black-cherry with paler rims and adorned with dark root beer beards. Each flower is well-formed and elegantly ruffled.
Sdlg. TU7A: Brazilian Holiday X Romantic Evening

I'M NOT STABLE (Black ‘20)
TB Early-Midseason 32” (81cm)
It’s much more fun to be a little wild and crazy and a bit mixed up. This broken color type will liven up your garden. Pale buff pink standards are randomly splashed mid lilac. Mid peach style crests are streaked lilac. Mid buff peach falls are randomly streaked from dark purple to light red purple. Hafts can be mid pink to butter. Each flower is different. Strong growth provides stalks with 2-3 branches and 7-9 buds. If you check out the second photo the color is not quite right but it shows the form so much better.
Sdlg. Y113A: V100C, I Broke It sib X W43A: (R100C: (Circle of Light x Ballet Performance) x Big Break)

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.

IT’S A SMALL WORLD (P. Black ‘16)
SDB Midseason-Late 12” (30cm)
Minimal plicata. Fabulous pink styles and tangerine beards. Unique for sure!
Sdlg. U206E: Fun In The Sun X (Total Denial sib x My Cher sib)

JOYFUL LOVE (T.Johnson ‘14)
SDB Early 15” (38cm)
Yummy pink and peach blend. Showy clumps filled with bloom.
Sdlg. Film Star X Black O319A: involved pink seedlings.

KAY (T. Johnson ’17)
MDB Midseason 8” (20cm)
As closest to black as we have seen with huge mustard yellow beards. Very startling. Named after my great Aunt Kay, whose favorite color just happens to be black. A very special Iris named after a great lady.
Sdlg TG322C: Beckoning Sib X Ping

KISS THE FROG (P. Black ‘18)
BB Early-Midseason 26” (66cm)
How about an alluring update on the perennial favorite ‘Jungle Shadows’? It isn’t as dark and brooding as ‘Jungle Shadows’ but it still possesses that mysterious ambiance. ‘KISS THE FROG’ is part of my program to create green/turquoise BBs and TBs.
Sdlg. W129B: Lost World X (Ink Patterns x Alberta Clipper)

LET’S TALK (P. Black '21)
SDB Early-Midseason 13” (33cm)
Definitely not the usual violet and white plicata. There is an interesting dialog between the redder dark plum standards and the white falls widely plicata banded mid violet blue with red plum hafts. Big golden beards end with a neat lilac shadow.
Sdlg. Y287A: Tourist Trap X W282A: (T245B: (Q85A: (Ghost Ship x O334 charcoal sib, Fido sib) x R287A, Mesa Sunrise sib) x S324F, Notation sib)

LITTLE BAND OF GOLD (P. Black ‘20)
SDB Early-Midseason 13” (33cm)
Nothing else like it! It was a favorite from its first bloom. Mid sulfur yellow standards are blushed orange. Mid orange falls are narrowly banded bright yellow and set ablaze with big red orange beards.
Sdlg. Y250H, Peach Puff sib

LONG AND WINDING ROAD (P. Black ‘20)
MTB Early-Midseason 18” (46cm)
The result of this trip is a simply formed, demure flower with mid pink standards and peach falls with tangerine pink beards. Stalks with 2 branches and 2 spurs produce 8-9 buds. Very pretty.
Sdlg. Y190B: long & involved

LUSCIOUSOCITY (P. Black ‘19)
BB Midseason-Late 27.5” (70cm)
This classically formed pastel confection will have your mouth watering. Pale peach pink standards are edged butter cream. Strongly flared greenish cream falls have white centers surrounding soft tangerine beards beneath peach styles. Show stalks have 3 branches and 8-10 buds.
Sdlg. X129C: Lightly Buttered X V182A: (R107J, Simply Coral sib x Enough is Enough)

LUST FOR LEMON (P. Black ‘16)
SDB Mid- season-Late 12” (30 cm)
Super wide and round, very clean glaciata. Bright clumps.
Sdlg. U118C: Dare sib X Birds's-eye View sib.

MERRY MULBERRY (P. Black ‘19)
BB Midseason-Late 26” (66cm)
Many lovely BBs are coming from tetraploid MTB, SDB and IB breeding and this is one with exceptional quality. Ruffled, classically formed blooms are rose mulberry bitone with buff area around tangerine beards. Strong show stalks have 3 branches plus 2 spurs with 12-14 buds. A must have for showing or in the garden.
Sdlg. X143L: U62E, involved X V182A: (R170J, Simply Coral sib x Enough is Enough)

MIDNIGHT VELVET (T.Johnson ‘14)
TB Early 32” (81cm)
You’ll be drawn again and again to this beautifully formed dark purple and white plicata. Bright white fall centers contrasted with purple black shaded plic bands draw your eye from any distractions. Unique dark purple beards are topped dark old gold. Well-branched stalks have 9-14 buds. Excellent growth. ‘Midnight Velvet’ creates a showy clump you won’t soon forget.
Sdlg. TC175B: (Blackberry Tease x Tuscan Summer pod parent sib) X (High Master x Blackberry Tease)

MOUSE THAT ROARED (P. Black '21)
SDB Midseason-Late 11” (28cm)
It may be small, but it has a big impact in a clump. It is another variation on a plicata theme reaching back to ‘Ghost Ship’. It is a luminata but not in the traditional TB style luminatas by having darker fall veins rather than lighter. The upper half of white standards are shaded mid slate purple with butter edges. Startling white styles peak out from between them. Falls have bright yellow throats blended to white then washed light to mid violet to edges. Chlorophyl lines streak alongside beards turning to mid violet and darkening to edges.
Sdlg. X229D, ‘Fishnet Stockings’ sib

MY FAIR CHER (P. Black ‘20)
SDB Early- Midseason 14” (36cm)
Such beauty is exhibited by this pristine white glaciata with lime lines over standards. Falls have light yellow hafts and silvery texture veins. Orange to white beards are a nice splash of color.
Sdlg. X250D: Graceful X Dramedy

MY GAL (P. Black '21)
BB Midseason-Late 26” (66cm)
What a well-proportioned beauty ‘My Gal’ is! She’s a color that will turn heads. Full and tightly formed blooms are a rich medley of peach, pink, and apricot with big vivid orange beards to get everyone’s attention. She’s not shy and will give you 9-11 blossoms on show stalks with 3 branches and spur. Superb parent.
Sdlg. X143I, Merry Mulberry sib

MY PASSION (P. Black ‘20)
TB Early-Late 36” (91cm)
This exceptional iris is the result of compounding the genes of three extraordinary irises. Growth, vigor, stalks and buds are all top-notch as are its colorful flowers. Pale mauve pink standards centers blend to creamy tan and are etched with darker lines. Interior is pale lilac with darker center streak. Creamy tan styles have mid violet centers. Mid violet blue falls are paler around burnt orange beards and darker moving outward and narrowly banded light slate gray.
Sdlg. Y1A: All Ashore X R31C, All Ashore sib

NEW TWIST (P. Black ‘20)
SDB Early- Midseason 13” (33cm)
Its form isn’t what I’d like but the color is like none other. Light yellow standards open wide to show peach styles. Light pink falls blend to cream and have narrow gold bands. Cute pink beards.
Sdlg. Y259B: V271A: (Orange Obsession x T219C, Meticulous pod parent sib) X V237B: (R262B, Blazing Garnet pollen parent sib x Lovable Pink sib)