2024 Mid-America Garden Catalogue print version Europe, Japan, Australia, Russia, Argentina, South Africa, Ukraine, Chile, South Korea, China, and all countries outside the USA and Canada. The catalogue is a 80 page full color printed booklet with over 900 photos.

2024 Mid-America Garden Catalogue for USA and Canada. The catalogue is a 80 page full color printed booklet with over 900 photos.

AIRY FAIRY FLOWER (P. Black '21)
BB Early-Late 23” (58cm)
Flowers, flowers everywhere! The exuberant branching and buds insure you’ll have loads of “Airy” flowers over a long time. There are 4 branches plus spur and a basal branch with 1 branch and 5 buds. It normally has at least 20 buds. Classically formed and ruffled sparkling white flowers have mid violet blue plicata band standards surrounding mid violet blue styles. Falls have a wire rim plic edging. Smaller flowers allow flowers to show without crowding. Proportion is its hallmark. Breathtaking clumps!
Sdlg. Y180A: Stylish Choice X W215A: (S207E: (Keeper x Q47C: (O234A: (Silverberry x L86B: (Waiting For George x Cimarron Trail)) x O230A: (K256A: (Flights Of Fancy x I144A, Fleece as White sib) x T.Johnson TU78A: (I’ve Got Rhythm x Flight Of Fancy)))) x U69A: (Ink Patterns x Alberta Clipper)).

ALAIA (T. Johnson ’18)
SDB Midseason 13” (33cm).
A real knockout and an excellent parent. Named after our little dog. Flashy, bright and clean bicolor plicata with shocking tangerine beards. Strong growth with three buds. Highly recommended.
Walther Cup 2021
Sdlg TH198D: (Brash And Sassy x Pinky Ring) X sib to Valedictorian.

ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT (T. Johnson ’21)
TB Mid 35” (89cm)
Old gold standards with reddish violet wash and dots. Falls are white with deep maroon hafts and red violet dotting forming a wide plicata band. Beards are an interesting burnt orange. Beautiful full ruffled form on excellent show stems. Strong growth. Gorgeous!!
Sdlg: TI165YY: unknown X Marry the Night sib.

BARBARA RIDER (T.Johnson ‘15)
TB Late 38” (97cm)
This bright and showy iris is being named in honor of Thomas’s grandmother. It is a beauty to look at and a durable workhorse in the garden. Clear vivid yellow standards color is repeated over the hafts. Mid lavender blue blended falls give way to brassy gold bands.
Sdlg. TD80B: Catwalk Queen X Silk Road

BEAUTICIAN (T. Johnson ’19)
TB Midseason-Late 36” (91cm)
Pink Standards; Falls have a light pink to white ground with a lavender stitched plicata band. Orange Beards are tipped white. We really like this plicata coming from non-traditional plicata breeding at least on the mother’s side. A strong grower and a fun color combination. Large flowers have nice wide and ruffled form. We have been hybridizing heavily with BEAUTICIAN.
Sdlg TH59B: Stole the Show X unknown.

BESPOKE (P. Black '21)
TB Midseason-Very Late 34” (86cm)
The hazy anthocyanin (blue to purple pigments) over the lower falls of plicatas have been informally dubbed “ghost plics” because of their ethereal appearance. It is probably a variant of the Celestar pattern and can vary considerably in intensity and application. White standards are heavily plic sanded over centers becoming solid toward red plum bands lined darker plum and showcasing unique black plum styles. Wide white falls have 3/4 inch stitched and sanded lilac plic bands with ghostly light lilac rouging inside them and dark plum haft markings. Mid marigold beards are a delightful accent. Show stalks have 4 branches and spur and 10-12 buds. Later bloom helps ensure a quality performance in colder climates.
Sdlg. Y14F: Inklination X Steal My Heart

BLACK LIPSTICK (K. Keppel '16)
TB Early-Mid 35" (89 cm)
Silky smooth deep purple black including beards. From plicata breeding.
Honorable Mention 2018, Walther Cup 2018, TB Award of Merit 2021

BUG ZOO (P. Black ‘19)
SDB Midseason-Late 11” (28cm)
It is a wild and crazy gathering of brightly colored bugs. Bright yellow with brown black spot and big vivid orange beards.
Sdlg. Y246A: V204D: (Dedicated x Crank It Up) X V203B: (Dedicated x Easy Does It)

CATCH MY BREATH (T.Johnson ‘15)
TB Late 34” (86cm)
This magnificently formed confection will take your breath away. Heavily ruffled and laced standards are toasted watermelon flushed dark violet up midribs. Expansive falls are palest pink blended darker toward laced edges and hafts. Pink texture veins are a lovely addition. Show stalks are the norm. Garden visitors give it five stars.
Sdlg. TC7A: In the Morning X Original Cast

CATCH THE FEVER (K. Keppel ’18)
TB Early-Mid 34" (86 cm)
Blended burgundy-red standards. Falls rich blended burgundy-orange with red beards. Color!

CAT'S EYE (P. Black '02)
SDB Mid season 15" (38 cm)
Mauve rose w/ big, vibrant red F spot; TOTALLY UNIQUE! Winner of Walther Cup, Lankow Medal, Cook Douglas Medal and runner up for Dykes Medal. EXTREMELY POPULAR.

CIAO BELLA (T. Johnson '19)
SDB Early 13" (33cm)
Sweet. Yellow ground plicata with ruby to rust red nearly solid overlay on standards and edge on falls. Very nice wide and ruffled form with huge beards. Gorgeous!!
SDlg. TI292B Unwritten X Raspberry Crisp

COUNTING STARS (T. Johnson ’20)
TB Early 38” (96.5cm)
Standards have a white ground almost completely overlaid with lavender plicata dotting and a very narrow purple wire edge. Falls are white heavily overlaid with deep purple black dotting at the hafts and forming a wide band. Nice burnt orange beards pop out of the center adding nice contrast. A very nice early variety that has wonderful stems and covers itself in bloom. Outstanding in clump!!
Sdlg TI172F MARRY THE NIGHT X TF89A:(HEAD OVER HEELS x Blyth R95-3:(ADORANOVA SIB)

EGGLICIOUS (T. Johnson ’20)
SDB Early 12” (30.5cm)
Three buds on this little cutie that always reminds me of fried eggs whenever I see it. Light yellow Standards; Falls have large egg yolk yellow spot with a wide white border. White styles and white tipped yellow beards complete the package.
Sdlg TJ1D DEDICATED X TG247A:(OPEN YOUR EYES x THUMP)

FAMILIAR FACE (P. Black ‘20)
SDB Early-Midseason-Rebloom 12” (30cm)
Nicely formed SDB rebloomer. Standards of white flowers have wide mid violet plicata bands and falls have mid-violet lines from haft to edges.
Sdlg. Y244CR: long & involved

FAMOUS (P. Black '21)
SDB Midseason-Late 13” (33cm)
'‘Famous’ is a minimal plicata that is wonderfully unique. Dark mahogany standards are lightly laced and rimmed mid tan. Cream styles have mid mahogany ridge and crest centers. Dark yellow throat and hafts of falls are plicata lined and sanded black mahogany. The lower 2/3rds of fall is dark mahogany black. Big bright beards are two-toned marigold to yellow. So far it has been a difficult parent.
Sdlg. Z190G, Flying Monkey sib.

FANTASMAGORICAL (P. Black ‘20)
TB Early-Late 30” (76cm)
No word description will do it justice. The falls plic pattern somewhat approximates a pumila spot plicata. Mid cantaloupe styles peer from inside light pink standards blending to buff margins. Mid cantaloupe falls have mid plum plicata hafts and streak at the end of tangerine beards. The plic band becomes paler and narrower as it continues around the falls. Five branches and 10-11 buds.
Sdlg. Y153A: Dearest X W73D, Three Times a Lady sib

FEEL THE POWER (T. Johnson ’20)
TB Early 31” (79cm)
A hard iris to describe but here goes. Burnt orange to salmon blended Standards are shot violet in the center. Falls have a cream and salmon ground overlaid with a deep black cherry plicata bar across the hafts and band around edge. Burnt orange to brown beards. Strong well branched stems carry up to 11 buds. A very showy garden favorite! We like!!
Sdlg TI174A TF77E:(LOCOMOTION SIB) X TF89A:(HEAD OVER HEELS x R95-3:(ADORANOVA SIB)).