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ABUNDANT BLUE (Aitken '10) TB, 38" (97cm) ML. Good grower with sturdy stems carrying 8 buds. A well proportioned bright sky blue. Falls are slightly lighter. Both standards and falls are veined darker blue, giving a quilted effect. Prominent red beards add a colorful contrast. Thirty years of line breeding. Fertility unknown.
Sdlg. #00T29: (91T54: (Skyblaze x 85T20: (Vivien x Irene Nelson) X Stately Art))
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ANTICIPATION ROSE (Aitken ’10) TB, 39" (99 cm) ML. This iris could be referred to as the ‘fertile Myrtle’ of the clan. With 5 siblings in the reselect bed, this is the only one we can rely on to produce pods regularly. All of the siblings to Code Blue are a statuesque 39" with 3 branches and 8 or 9 buds. Broad round petals flare out with light ruffles. The standards and fall rims are a soft rose color. Falls are white softly banded rose with a slight orange wash on the haft area. Beards are orange tipped white. Sturdy, vigorous, healthy plants.
Sdlg. #02T49G: Sibling to Code Blue.
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AUTUMN SUNBURST (Aitken ’10) TB, 38" (97 cm) ML, RE. Pure intense orange self. Good proportion in standards and falls. Vigorous plants carry 7 buds. Rebloom in the Northwest occurs in early September. Pod and pollen fertile and tends to be dominant for color. Nice progeny on the way.
Sdlg. #00T5B: (Pure as Gold x Tennessee Vol.)
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BLUSH OF PINK (Aitken ’10) TB, 42" (107cm), ML, 3 branches plus spurs for 10 or 12 buds. Very pale blue falls that blend to white around the beard. Beard is soft orange in the throat blending to white at the tip. Standards are custard cream with a blush of pink at the midribs. Style arms are cream.
Sdlg. #02T18: (99T1: (Celebration Song x Boudoir) X 99T52: (Pond Lily x Boudoir))
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CHIANTI CLASSIC (Aitken ’10) TB, 38" (97 cm) M. A color combination unique to the iris world! Red-purple standards, deep orange/red falls with a slightly darker rim pattern similar to the standards. Very good proportion on standards and falls with blocky ruffled falls. Clean, vigorous growing plant with sturdy show stems that carry 8 buds.
Sdlg. #00T37A: (Fashionably Late X Code Red)
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PURDUE PETE (L. Miller ’10) TB, 36-38" (91-97 cm) M, 2 branches plus a spur; 7 buds. Bright yellow standards are semi domed. Butter yellow styles have midribs and tips of light purple. Falls are black-red with a few white lines at the base of golden-orange beards. Slight musk scent.
Sdlg. #1305C: Parentage unknown.
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STARDUSTED (L. Markham ’10) TB, 30" (76.5cm) ML. A beautifully sculpted, prettily ruffled, glistening ice-blue flower, subtly tinged deeper blue in its heart, with slightly greenish texture veining to cool the color still further. Beards of the deeper blue are frosted pure white and barely sprinkled with gold dust. Inner hafts are softly brushed gold, blending to a small white ray pattern near the beards. The heavy-substanced, long-lasting flowers are perfectly displayed on sturdy stalks with two branches, spur and terminal for a total of 7 buds. The clean blue-green foliage of this hardy New Englander completes the picture of a very happy plant. Fertile both ways and producing lovely seedlings in both its own frosty colors and the inky dark ones of its pod parent.
Seedling #9899-32A3: Midnight Fragrance X 93-4A2: (((Angel Feathers x (Sheaff 60-3: (Hall pink x Celestial Snow) x Arctic Flame)) x Black Taffeta) x (Blackbeard x Secret Weapon))
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SUMMER SUNBURST (Aitken ’10) TB, 34" (86cm) EM-RE (Early August in NW)
These nicely formed, intense yellow flowers with self beard bloom early on very vigorous plants with attractive red based foliage. Bloom stalks produce 3 branches with 8 buds, and reblooms well in early August for us in the Northwest. Pod and pollen fertile. Sib to Autumn Sunburst.
Sdlg. #00T5A: (Pure as Gold X Tennessee Vol.)
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WISE WOMAN (M. Smith ’10) TB, 31" (79cm) E. 5" flower, 7-10 buds. I had hoped for a Border introduction but this lady was too smart for me. She has real brilliance for her size. Upright, heavily ruffled standards with bright brass edges (RHS 162) that blend to red mauve (grayer than 185 C,) thin gray midrib. Style arms drabbed gold with mauve feathers on crests. Falls have a thin brass-gold rim, and are heavily washed burgundy black, solid at the distal end. Faint gold to red stripes descend the petals vertically, with a white spear under the hot yellow-orange beard. Floriferous, with excellent proportion. Quad terminal sockets and other triples. Pronounced sweet fragrance, ruffled and pleated. Fertile both ways.
Sdlg. #03-19 A: (00-28 Q: (98-34 V: (Bruneau Jasper x Flights of Fancy) x 98-34 R sib) X Feelings)
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BAND OF GOLD (Aitken ’10) BB, 24" (61cm ), ML. This is a very vigorous plant so give it room! It is another variation of the ‘dark tops’ we have been introducing for several years. Closed standards are rich copper-rose. This color repeats on the falls as a dark pencil line rim on the petal edges plus a ghosting of copper-rose color inside the gold banded perimeter. The falls are white from the ghosting to the coral red beard. There is a smooth orange wash across the hafts. In spite of its TB parentage, this plant has excellent proportion for a BB in flower size, stem height and foliage.
Sdlg. #04T30A: Border Baby X 99T17: ((96T6: (Chariots of Fire x 93T (orange seedling)) x 96T2: (Upside Down x Frosting)))
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BORDER BABY (Aitken ’10) BB, 24" (61cm) ML. Even though its sibling is a TB, this plant has all the proper proportions for a border bearded iris. Small flowers, stems, foliage, adequate buds and good increase. Flower color is blue lavender blending white on the interior. The soft colors are set off by a bright red beard. Pod Fertile.
Sibling to Copper Fusion (TB)
Sdlg. #01T12A: (Crackling Caldera X Deliciously Different)
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DEVIL’S WALTZ (L. Markham ’10) BB, 27" (68.5cm), ML. This graceful, beautifully ruffled iris was easy to name but nearly impossible to describe. Think swirling skirts of dark iridescent taffeta, flashing gunmetal blue or sultry dark red as the light changes. Or try a banked fire, blending red embers with wood smoke. You decide, and prepare to change your mind several times – we’ve been looking at it with interest for several seasons in all sorts of weather and we’re still confused about everything except how much we love it! Whatever the color, it intrigues, and the rich gold-bronze beards suit it nicely. An exuberant plant yields plenty of lovely stalks carrying 3 branches, spur and terminal for 8 or 9 buds and a long bloom season. Fertile both ways and we eagerly await some strange and wonderful seedlings!
Sdlg. #02-12A2: 99-5A2: ((Stahly 90-29: (Ignition x ((((Licorice Stick x Black Swan) x Pretty Carol) x Barcelona) x (Fiddler sib x (Swahili x (Orange Chariot x Barcelona))))) x Simmer) x (Twilight Blaze x Simmer)) X Other Voices.
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JAGUAR (M. Smith ’10) BB, 26" (66cm) EM, 7-8 buds A flamboyant jungle cat. Standards with a thin, pure yellow rim (RHS 7) blending to mustard and a smoked mauve midrib. Style arms have pure yellow ribs and crests. Upper fall is strong clear yellow (7) surrounding hot yellow-orange beard (17) Center petal spotted dark red-brown, and distal fall heavily washed dark red-brown (183) with scattered gold spots. Undersides of petals are drab gold. Heavy, looping ruffles, pronounced spicy fragrance.
Sdlg. A#01-28 H: (Delirium X 98-34 R: (Bruneau Jasper x Flights of Fancy))
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AQUANAUT (M. Smith ’10) IB, 24" (61cm) EM, 5-7 buds. Cool underwater lighting. Gentian blue standards (RHS 93 D, with green veins around center rib, style arms same, lighter around midrib. Falls gentian blue, grayer around beard, with small grey spear below beard. Beards golden orange in throat, gray tipped gold orange in middle, pearl gray at ends. Ruffled, pronounced spicy fragrance.
Sdlg. #04-19 C: (Tanzanite, on a 5 bud rebloom, X Waterdragon)
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FIREWALKER (M. Smith ’10) IB, 22" (56cm) M 5 buds. Clumps of glowing coals. Standards and styles are golden orange (RHS 163A.) Ruffled falls glow Chinese yellow-orange (163B. accented by Tobacco beards (175A, vermilion in throat. Pronounced spicy fragrance.
Sdlg. #02-27 B: (00-07E, sib to Plainsong X Game Plan)
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FASHIONABLY GOLD (Fisher ’10) MTB, 19" (48 cm) ML. Domed standards on this fashionable lady are bright yellow-gold; falls are white with an overlay of yellow veins that extend out like spokes on a bicycle wheel to a 1/8" yellow rim. Orange beards add a tasteful finishing touch. Excellent stem with good branching and bud count.
Sdlg. #05-14 = 94-8: (Yellow Flirt sibling) R-6(18-54: ((Buenita x Amethyst Sunset x Bellboy) x Chickee) X unknown
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GOING DOTTY (S. Markham ’10) MTB, 20" (50.8 cm) M. The flowers on this petite powerhouse are sanded all over in dark red-violet plicata dots on a white ground, set off with gold beards and yellow on the sides of the style arms. This iris loves to bloom, putting up loads of beautifully branched stalks with up to 13 buds each, and the plant is extremely vigorous, quickly forming a nice, tight clump. But the flowers are only part of the story—the buds, spathes, stem joints and base of the foliage are all heavily stained with a distinctive red-purple wash, making this iris almost as pretty in bud as it is in bloom. Diploid.
Sdlg. #02 – 04A: Think Spring X Preference. HC 2009
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GOSSAMER MOON (S. Markham ’10) MTB, 20" (50.8 cm) M. One of the many lovely siblings to Fernie Bridge that we expect to bring out in the next few years, this iris has pale moonlight-yellow standards, style arms and beards over cream-colored falls that are lightly marked with red-violet plicata lines and edged in pale yellow. The flared flowers are displayed to good advantage on beautifully branched show stalks with triple-socketed terminals and at least 8 buds. This is a petite plant in all its parts, but is also very vigorous, quickly forming a tight clump of clean foliage stained purple at the base. Diploid.
Sdlg. #02 - 03G: Cyber Net X Razzleberry Dressing. HC 2008
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OZARK CHARMER (Fisher ’10) MTB, 19" (48 cm) L. Flowers on this little charmer are small, compact, ruffled and dainty. Standards, style arms and falls are wine red; beards yellow in the throat, white at the end, adding a nice accent. 4 branches carry 10 buds, providing lots of bloom in these vigorous clumps.
Sdlg. #05-8 = 9TA7: (TBB2 x TANO) X 9TD7: (Lasting Memory x unknown)
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SHE’S A DOLL (L. Miller ’10) MTB, 19-22" (48-55cm) EM, Tetraploid. 3 branches, one spur for 8 to 10 buds. Domed standards on this dainty doll are pale Persian rose, with matching styles. Flaring falls are a pale phlox purple, slightly deeper down the center, set off by a dark cream beard. Slight sweet fragrance.
Sdlg. #12503B: ((Payoff x Little You) X Snob Appeal)
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BEAT GOES ON (Aitken ’10) SDB, 10" (25cm) ML, RE 3 buds. White flowers with an aquamarine blue spot on the falls. The spot is pronounced in cool weather but may fade with heat. Flower form is excellent with domed standards and round blocky flared falls, nicely ruffled. Tangerine beards. It represents a major breakthrough on ‘timing’ of rebloom. In two year clumps, it starts blooming at midseason for SDBs and continues for 2 months right through TB season and beyond! Both parents, Lumalite and Joe Cool, generate rebloom seedlings. Combine that with the excellent form of Marky Smith’s SDB Shallows and you come up with a real winner. Pod fertile.
Sdlg. #01M18 (98M3: (Lumalite x Joe Cool) X Shallows)
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BREAK DANCING (Aitken ’10) SDB, 10" (25cm) ML. All of these parent and grand-parent plants of this SDB produce rebloom to some degree - except our new introduction! The color pattern shows the influence of its grandparent ‘What Again’. Standards are a rich blue/violet. Falls show an underlay of yellow with an overlay of red violet. The color breaking happens at random with a slash of deeper red from the beard to the petal edges. Pod fertile.
Sdlg. #02M20A: (00M12: (Grape Cordial x Flirting Again X Flirting Again) Behind Flirting Again is (What Again x Cherry Flirt)
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CLAIRVOYANT (M. Smith ’10) SDB, 11" (28cm) EM 3 buds. Superbly ruffled pastel yellow self. Upright standards of primrose (RHS 6D), styles one shade darker (6C) Fall centers are greenish yellow, primrose yellow rims (6B) with pale veining. Prominent hot red-orange beards. (34B) Heavily ruffled, slight fragrance, some fertility.
Sdlg. #01-07 A: (Photon X Yearling)
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CRAISIN (M. Smith ’10) SDB 12" (30cm) EM 3 buds. A sweet hors d’oeuvre of cranberries over cream cheese. Cranberry standards, (RHS 71 A) grayed toward base; gold styles with cranberry rib and crest. Falls have wide, saturated cranberry rims and small, cream centers below the bright tangerine (34 A) beards. Heavy plum-black veins radiate from hot beard vertically down the fall, including double center stripe. Toast-lined shoulders. Ruffled, with pronounced spicy fragrance.
Sdlg #03-03 R: (00-15 R: (97-17 A: sib to Calligrapher’s pollen parent x 97-18 C: sib to Mosaic pollen parent) X 98-14 D: sib to Nefret’s pod parent)
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JOT (L. Miller ’10) MDB, 6" (15cm) EM. One half pumila, this little iris grows and increases like a pumila. Bloom stem is not branched but bloom season lasts for 3 weeks. Standards and style arms are purple. Falls are edged purple with a spot of intense dark purple. Contrasty white beards.
Sdlg #10102: (Pitter Patter x Snipe)
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PRETTY PIXIE (B. Jones ’10) MDB 6" (15cm), ML. Very tidy vigorous clumps. Bloom stem carries one branch for 3 buds. The domed standards are snowy white. The white falls have a sharply defined spot which is a very smooth gold wash at the petal base deepening to a brassy gold at the snow white fall rim. Beards are orange. There is a sharp white cleft in the spot below the beard.
Sdlg. #740: (Artful Tradition X Dainty Pinafore)
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PACIFIC GLAZE (Aitken ’10) PC, 12" (30cm) M., 3 buds. Round, compact falls show an underlay of gold. The spot pattern is deep red-purple with fine hairline veins radiating to the rim band of medium red-purple. Standards are semi flaired with an underlay of cream on the midribs with a fine overlay network of darker veins done in blue purple. Style arms are blue-purple with a cream wash on the midribs. Flower texture is like a ceramic glaze. Foliage is very compact and fountain shaped with the flowers floating on top.
Sdlg. #05PC-1A: Bar Code x unknown
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PACIFIC TAPESTRY (Aitken ’10) PC, 12" (30cm) M., 3 buds. Round semi flaring falls with an underlay of yellow resemble a velvet tapestry. With no signal, the brown network of hairline veins radiate to the rim interspersed with brown speckling. Semi flared standards and style arms are purple with darker veins. Fine fountain shaped grass- like foliage forms tidy dark green clumps, with flowers appearing above the foliage.
Sdlg. #05PC-1B: Bar Code x unknown
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ARTESIAN SPRING (Harris ’10) JI, 48" (122cm). Tall, ruffled and richly colored dark purple with deep blue undertones. The multiple upright white styles with blue crests seemingly bubble out of the center. Striking! 1-2 branches with 3-4 buds. 6F
Sdlg. #02JC12: (Night Angel X Frosted Intrigue)
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JAPANESE PLUM (Harris ’10) JI, 38" (97cm) ML. This full mid- sized flower is a bright, velvety red-violet that looks good enough to eat! 1-2 branches with 3-4 buds for a long bloom season. 6F
Sdlg. #02JB4: (Frosted Intrigue X Diomedes)
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RED REPEATER (Aitken ’10) JI, 36" (91cm) Our best sequential bloom - EML-RE (in cool climates). This 3 fall Japanese iris has shown a strong tendency to continue blooming well into the summer, at least in our cool Northwest climate. (May not happen in warmer climates). The predominant color is a soft rose red applied to very generously overlapping round falls held nearly horizontal. The flowers appear to be floating above the foliage. The yellow signal is surrounded by an explosion of white which dwindles to veins before reaching the petal edges. Standards are very small, mainly white, with soft rose red at the edges. Stylearms are stiff, semi upright white with rose red feathering at the stigmatic lip. Bloom stems carry one branch but the plant continues to put up bloom stems sequentially for months when in two year clumps.
Sdlg. #96J-1: from selected extended bloom seedlings, unknown parentage.
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BORN TO BE WILD (Aitken ’10) I. typhifolia. 36" (91cm) ML. Tall grass-like foliage produces taller, 2 branched stems, each with double sockets producing 4 buds. Flowers are semi-flared, deep blue at the petal base, bleeding to sky blue at the petal edges. The slight white signal is mostly covered by arching blue style arms, lighter at the midrib.
Sdlg. #03SIB-2C: (several generations of reselected typhifolia seedlings)
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CAST OF GREEN (Aitken ’10) SPU, 48" (122cm) ML 5 or 6 buds. This one changes colors daily. It opens a solid deep walnut brown. The second day, a yellowish zone in the signal area appears and a green halo begins to show. By the third day, most of the falls have become an iridescent green. Spooky stuff! Standards are semi flared, done in a deep gunmetal purple. Style arms are a similar gunmetal with a pale yellow wash at the midribs. Tall stems with 2 or 3 branches.
Sdlg. #00-SPU-2: (Missouri Iron Ore X unknown)
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