NICKEL (P. Black '06)
IB mid 26" (66 cm)
Very unique plicata. Butter standards with wide violet plicata bands. White falls with narrow blue-grape plicata bands. Lovely lightly ruffled form. Superb branching. A MUST HAVE!
Sdlg. K311A: H242A: (Starbaby x B302B: (85-385A: (82-2D: (Ice Chalet x Dixie Pixie) x Lavender Puff) x 88-262A: (85-319B: (Gentle Air x Chubby Cheeks sib) x 86-316A: (Little Louie x 84-272B: (Cindy Mitchell x unknown))))) 2006. HM 2008, AM 2010

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

NOT MY CIRCUS (P. Black ‘20)
SDB Midseason-Late 11” (28cm)
It is a striking luminata. Mid lilac standards open enough to showcase mid pink styles. Light peach luminata patches streak into dark grape purple falls. Vivid orange beards scream for attention.
Sdlg. X306A: long & involved

NOT MY MONKEY (P. Black ‘20)
SDB Early-Midseason 15” (38cm)
Mid gold standards and styles. Falls are bright gold and dark mahogany fancy luminata pattern with gold rims. Big vivid orange beards.
Sdlg. Y241A: Sun Going Down X Martian

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

ONE THAT I WANT (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Early-Late 33” (84cm)
White ground standards overlaid with deep purple just allowing a bit of white to show in the center. Falls are white with a deep purple black band and deep purple black hafts around blue tipped rust beards. This is one long blooming iris. It starts the season and is still flowering when the late bloomers start. Very floriferous and a vigorous grower. Nicely formed wide and ruffled flowers. A quality iris!
Sdlg TJ145ZZ: (Circle of Light x Grapetizer) X High Desert.

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.

PAPER TIGER (P. Black '21)
MTB (tet) Midseason-Late 26” (66cm)
'Paper Tiger’ is a darker, richer version of ‘Fairy King’. Mid gold washed standards are lined and banded dark gold. Darkest red plum falls bend to purple and then to black centers, all underlaid with darker veins. Clumps are filled with show stalks.
Sdlg. Y202E, Fairy King sib

PAUL BLACK (T.Johnson '03)
TB Mid-Late 42" (107 cm)
SHOW STALKS! Strong growth. Lovely perfume. Medium dark purple blue; beards dark orange; pronounced spicy fragrance. Winner of Dykes Medal 2010.

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))

PERRY DYER (P. Black ‘17)
AB Midseason-Late 26” (66cm)
Named for long time friend, mentor and dedicated supporter of AIS. Stunning showy clumps filled with stalks. Two branches & 4-5 buds. Strong and easy growth. WE MISS YOU PERRY REST IN PEACE.
AB Award of Merit 2021
Sdlg. T132F: Galaxina sib.

PERSIAN PASSION (P. Black ‘19)
ABM Midseason-Late 21” (53cm)
Globular dark rose standards encase rose copper styles. Rose peach blended falls have dark red purple signals below a web of red plum veins. One to two branches have 3-4 buds. Vigorous and easy growth.
Sdlg. X153A, Egyptian Sands sib

PHOTO SHOOT (T. Johnson ’19)
TB Midseason-Late 36” (91cm)
A super clean and sharp pattern really makes PHOTO SHOOT stand out with its pristine white ground and precise blue to violet dotting around both the standards and falls. A dark violet black bar across the hafts and deep purple style arms add to the drama. Even the beards add a bit of mystery being yellow in the throat then becoming lighter with violet tips. Super nice ruffled form completes the package. Not just another purple plicata!
Sdlg. TH156B: ((TE11A: Circle of Light x TC343A: Sib. to Hysteria x Danger Money)) X TD314ZZ: (Blyth O211-A: Ostentatious x (G48-5: Burst x Epicenter)) x Ring Around Rosie x Blyth R41-6: Sib. to Stay Stylish Pollen Parent.

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.

PIRATE'S RANSOM (P. Black ‘20)
AB OGB Early-Midseason 27” (69cm)
Light orchid standards are lined darker. Well-defined black signals are accented by recurved falls and diffuse auburn beards. Stalks have 2 branches plus spur and 6 buds.
Sdlg. X166A: Aztec Prince X Solar Wind

POISE AND CHARM (P. Black ‘20)
BB Early-Midseason 26” (66cm)
Here’s another BB that earns the label of perfection in addition to being a possible route to turquoise TBs. Milkglass blooms are tinted and washed pale blue with style crests tinted turquoise. Show stalks have 3 branches plus spur and 9-12 buds. Impeccable clumps filled with bloom.
Sdlg. X184A: U69C: (Ink Patterns x Alberta Clipper) X U69A, sib

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)

PUSSYCAT EYES (P. Black ‘19)
AB Midseason-Late 28” (71cm)
‘Pussycat Eyes’ is an altogether amazing quarter bred arilbred. Easy growing arilbreds with such strong aril characteristics are rare and even more rare is having 2 branches and at least 7 buds. Palest lilac standards surround yellow styles. Wide, arched falls have big black signals giving way to a dark cherry area and then to mid red purple and finished with a 1/4” tan gold band. Grows easily in average garden conditions.
Sdlg. W305A: Energizer X Careless Whisper

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)))

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)