First Iris Order of the Year

Last year I missed out on the new Dykes medal winner.  This year I was determined not to. As am immediate gratification kind of guy this is an exercise in self control for me!  July is when shipping starts... sigh.

The first batch will come from Mid-America.  They no longer sell the 2011 Dykes winner in their catalog so Drama Queen will come in batch two.  But the 2012 winner Florentine Silk is in the pipeline!  Along with some other winners and some new introductions.  I am excited...

Bluebeard's Ghost

 BLUEBEARD'S GHOST

(Black '06) Pristine ruffled white with clean dark blue beards. Perfectly formed. To see it is to want it. A MUST HAVE! Popular.
THE COOK-DOUGLAS MEDAL, SDB irises
(Total votes cast = 348)
133 BLUEBEARD'S GHOST (Paul Black)

Gypsy Lord

GYPSY LORD

(Keppel '09) White standards and striking large white sunbursts surrounding red beards on dark blue-violet falls. Snappy color. Makes quite a statement. Very showy

THE JOHN C. WISTER MEDAL, TB irises 2012
(Total votes cast = 1230)
114 GYPSY LORD (Keith Keppel)
67 KATHY CHILTON (Frederick Kerr)
46 CHIEF JOHN JOLLY (Tom Parkhill)

 

Florentine Silk

FLORENTINE SILK

Keppel '05) Peach pink standards. Lavender falls with wide lilac bands. Coral to violet beards. Pretty.
THE DYKES MEDAL 2012
(Total votes cast = 483)
84 FLORENTINE SILK (Keith Keppel)

Crows Feet

CROWS FEET

(Black '06) Bright white with spider web of purpe veins over falls. Orange beards. FANTASTIC! You won't mistake it for another. Winner of Ben Hager Cup (Best Median) at AIS Austin convention, 2008.
THE KNOWLTON MEDAL, BB irises 2012
(Total votes cast = 289)
154 CROW'S FEET (Paul Black)

Heat Is On

HEAT IS ON

(T.Johnson ‘13) TB Early-Midseason 35” (89cm) Standards are intense pinkish apricot blend. Wine veins overlay paler apricot sunbursts on wide and ruffled falls. Remainder of fall is dark wine. Tangerine beards bump the heat up one more notch. Heat Is On demands you stop and take note of its presence in the garden. Sdlg. TB30A: Snapshot X Guardian Angel

Beacon of Light

BEACON OF LIGHT
(T.Johnson ‘13) TB Early 34” (86cm) This Beacon of Light shines with a brilliance like few others. Bright white standards and falls. Falls have big, shaded mid purple centers and yellow hafts. As if that weren’t enough, orange beards add more color. Sdlg. TC72B: Painter’s Touch X Dinner Talk