Dykes Medal Winners

The most prestigious award from the American Iris Society for any iris is the Dykes Medal.  (There sis also a British Dykes Medal). Only irises that win the top award in their class are eligible and then only for three years.  The award is voted on by only certified judges.

The award is not without controversy.  Many believe it is weighted in favor of West Coast breeders.  It clearly is very difficult for any iris not in the Tall Bearded class has a chance of winning.  Only in 1981 and 2008 has this frontier been breeched.

Having received a Dykes medal does not guarantee that an iris is vigorous or will grow in your particular climate or soil.

Having said all that I would love to try growing every one in my garden!  Below is the list of winners.  Those in red, I already have and they are at least growing.  Those in orange I have or had, but they are not doing so well.

                          AMERICAN DYKES MEDAL WINNERS

1927	San Francisco	0	Mohr	1927	TB (Tall Bearded)
1929	Dauntless	0	Connell	1929	TB (Tall Bearded)
1932	Coralie	0	Ayres	1932	TB (Tall Bearded)
1933	Rameses	0	Sasss	1928	TB (Tall Bearded)
1935	Sierra Blue	0	Essig	1930	TB (Tall Bearded)
1936	Mary Geddes	0	Stahlman by Washington	1931	TB (Tall Bearded)
1937	Missouri	0	Grinter	1933	TB (Tall Bearded)
1939	Rosy Wings	0	Gage	1935	TB (Tall Bearded)
1940	Wabash	0	Williamson	1936	TB (Tall Bearded)
1941	The Red Douglas	0	Sass	1934	TB (Tall Bearded)
1942	Great Lakes	0	Cousins	1938	TB (Tall Bearded)
1943	Prairie Sunset	0	Sass	1939	TB (Tall Bearded)
1944	Spun Gold	0	Glutzbeck	1939	TB (Tall Bearded)
1945	Elmohr	0	Loomis-Long	1942	TB (Tall Bearded)
1947	Chivalry	1	Wills	1943	TB (Tall Bearded)
1948	Ola Kala	0	Sass	1943	TB (Tall Bearded)
1949	Helen McGregor	0	Graves	1943	TB (Tall Bearded)
1950	Blue Rhythm	0	Whiting	1945	TB (Tall Bearded)
1951	Cherie	0	Hall	1945	TB (Tall Bearded)
1952	Argus Pheasant	0	DeForest	1948	TB (Tall Bearded)
1953	Truly Yours	0	Fay	1949	TB (Tall Bearded)
1954	Mary Randall	0	Fay	1950	TB (Tall Bearded)
1955	Sable Night	0	Cook	1950	TB (Tall Bearded)
1956	First Violet	0	DeForest	1951	TB (Tall Bearded)
1957	Violet Harmony	0	Lowry	1952	TB (Tall Bearded)
1958	Blue Sapphire	0	Schreiner	1953	TB (Tall Bearded)
1959	Swan Ballet	0	Muhlstein	1953	TB (Tall Bearded)
1961	Eleanor's Pride	0	Watkins	1952	TB (Tall Bearded)
1961	Whole Cloth	0	Cook	1956	TB (Tall Bearded)
1963	Amethyst Flame	0	Schreiner	1957	TB (Tall Bearded)
1964	Allegiance	0	Cook	1957	TB (Tall Bearded)
1965	Pacific Panaorama	0	Sexton	1960	TB (Tall Bearded)
1966	Rippling Waters	0	Fay	1961	TB (Tall Bearded)
1967	Winter Olympics	0	Brown	1963	TB (Tall Bearded)
1968	Stepping Out	1	Schreiner	1964	TB (Tall Bearded)
1970	Skywatch	0	Benson	1963	TB (Tall Bearded)
1971	Debby Rairdon	0	Kuntz	1966	TB (Tall Bearded)
1972	Babbling Brook	0	Keppel	1965	TB (Tall Bearded)
1973	New Moon	0	Sexton	1968	TB (Tall Bearded)
1974	Shipshape	0	Babson	1968	TB (Tall Bearded)
1975	Pink Taffeta	0	Rudolph	1965	TB (Tall Bearded)
1976	Kilt Lilt	0	Rudolph	1965	TB (Tall Bearded)
1977	Dream Lover	0	Tams	1970	TB (Tall Bearded)
1978	Bride's Halo	0	Mohr	1971	TB (Tall Bearded)
1980	Mystique	0	Ghio	1972	TB (Tall Bearded)
1981	Brown Lasso	0	Buckles by Niswonger	1975	BB (Boarder Bearded)
1982	Vanity	0	Hager	1974	TB (Tall Bearded)
1983	Ruffled Ballet	0	Roderick	1973	TB (Tall Bearded)
1984	Victoria Falls	0	Schreiners	1977	TB (Tall Bearded)
1985	Beverly Sills	1	Hager	1978	TB (Tall Bearded)
1986	Song of Norway	0	Luihn	1977	TB (Tall Bearded)
1988	Titan's Glory	0	Schreiners	1981	TB (Tall Bearded)
1990	Jesse's Song	1	Williamson	1983	TB (Tall Bearded)
1991	Everything Plus	1	Niswonger	1984	TB (Tall Bearded)
1992	Dusky Challenger	1	Schreiner	1986	TB (Tall Bearded)
1993	Edith Wolford	1	Hager	1986	TB (Tall Bearded)
1994	Silverado	1	Schreiner	1987	TB (Tall Bearded)
1995	Honky Tonk Blues	1	Schreiner	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
1996	Before The Storm	1	Innerst	1989	TB (Tall Bearded)
1997	Thornbird	0	Byers	1989	TB (Tall Bearded)
1998	Conjuration	1	Byers	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
1999	Hello Darkness	0	Schreiners	1992	TB (Tall Bearded)
2000	Stairway to Heaven	1	Lauer	1993	TB (Tall Bearded)
2001	Yaquina Blue	1	Schreiner	1992	TB (Tall Bearded)
2002	Mesmerizer	0	Byers	1991	TB (Tall Bearded)
2003	Celebration Song	1	Schreiners	1993	TB (Tall Bearded)
2004	Crowned Heads	0	Keppel	1997	TB (Tall Bearded)
2005	Splashacata	1	Tasco	1998	TB (Tall Bearded)
2006	Sea Power	1	Keppel	1998	TB (Tall Bearded)
2007	Queen's Circle	1	Kerr	2000	TB (Tall Bearded)
2008	Starwoman	1	Smith, Marky	1997	IB (Intermediate Bearded)
2009	Golden Panther	1	Tasco	2000	TB (Tall Bearded)
2010	Paul Black	1	Johnson, T.	2003	TB (Tall Bearded)
2011	Drama Queen	0	Keppel	2003	TB (Tall Bearded)
2012	Florentine Silk	0	Keppel	2005	TB (Tall Bearded)

Irises at Diamond Rise

Here are the current 187 Registered Iris Cultivars in Diamond Rise Gardens.  I also have some orphans and un-registered acquisitions.

Next comes the wish list!

Aachen Elf	Keppel	1997	MTB (Miniature Tall Bearded)
Absolute Zero	Black	2012	TB (Tall Bearded)
Action Packed	Black	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Agressively Forward	Innerest	1995	TB (Tall Bearded)
All is Bright	Black	2011	SDB (Standard Dwarf Beared)
America's Cup	McWhirter	1989	TB (Tall Bearded)
Are You Crazy	Black	2012	TB (Tall Bearded)
Art Form	Hager	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
Autumn Circus	Hager	1990	TB (Tall Bearded)
Ballet Performance	Johnson, T.	2007	TB (Tall Bearded)
Band of Angels	Hollingworth	1996	SIB (Siberian)
Barbara My Love	Maryott	1998	TB (Tall Bearded)
Batik	Ensminger	1985	BB (Boarder Bearded)
Before The Storm	Innerst	1989	TB (Tall Bearded)
Berlin Purple Wine	Tamberg	1993	SIB (Siberian)
Better Than Butter	Black	2010	TB (Tall Bearded)
Beverly Sills	Hager	1978	TB (Tall Bearded)
Blackout	Luihn	1986	TB (Tall Bearded)
Blushing	Black	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Bold Look	Schreiner	1993	TB (Tall Bearded)
Bumblebee Deelight	Norrick	1986	MTB (Miniature Tall Bearded)
Calgary	Johnson, T.	2010	TB (Tall Bearded)
Celebration Song	Schreiner	1993	TB (Tall Bearded)
Center Line	Johnson, T.	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Cheap	Black	2008	TB (Tall Bearded)
Chivalry	Wills	1943	TB (Tall Bearded)
Clarence	Zurbrigg	1991	TB (Tall Bearded)
Clear Blue Sky	Johnson, T.	2012	SDB (Standard Dwarf Beared)
Colortart	Innerst	1983	TB (Tall Bearded)
Common Thread	Johnson, T.	2012	TB (Tall Bearded)
Conjuration	Byers	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
Conjuring Cat	Black	2006	TB (Tall Bearded)
Copper Classic	Roderick	1977	TB (Tall Bearded)
Cross Dresser	Johnson, T.	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Dancing Star	Johnson, T.	2009	TB (Tall Bearded)
Dangerous Mood	Schreiner	2004	TB (Tall Bearded)
Daring Deception	Johnson, T.	2012	TB (Tall Bearded)
Decadence	Blyth	2004	TB (Tall Bearded)
Deep Currents	Johnson, T.	2009	TB (Tall Bearded)
Devil's Riot	Blyth	1994	TB (Tall Bearded)
Devonshire Cream	Sutton	1999	TB (Tall Bearded)
Dracula's Kiss	Schreiner	2009	TB (Tall Bearded)
Duplicity	Johnson, T.	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Dusky Challenger	Schreiner	1986	TB (Tall Bearded)
Eagle Control	Sutton	1999	TB (Tall Bearded)
Edith Wolford	Hager	1986	TB (Tall Bearded)
Electric Shock	Messick	1996	TB (Tall Bearded)
English Charm	Blyth	1989/90	TB (Tall Bearded)
Everything Plus	Niswonger	1984	TB (Tall Bearded)
Exotic Isle	Plough	1981	TB (Tall Bearded)
Exotic Star	Plough	1974	TB (Tall Bearded)
Eye of The Tiger	Black	2008	SDB (Standard Dwarf Beared)
Eyes on You	Black	2012	AB (Arilbred)
Fall Fiesta	Schreiner	1992	TB (Tall Bearded)
Feast of Kings	Black	2012	TB (Tall Bearded)
Fimbriated Space	Sutton	1998	TB (Tall Bearded)
Fire and Ice	Black	2012	TB (Tall Bearded)
Flash of Light	Johnson, T.	2008	TB (Tall Bearded)
Formal Event	Johnson, T.	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Frisky Frolic	Black	2008	IB (Intermediate Bearded)
Frontline	Black	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Gay Parasol	Schreiner	1973	TB (Tall Bearded)
Gibson Girl	Gibson	1946	TB (Tall Bearded)
Glazed Gold	Brown	1985	TB (Tall Bearded)
Gnu Blues	Kasperek	1993	TB (Tall Bearded)
Golden Panther	Tasco	2000	TB (Tall Bearded)
Golden Ring	Johnson, T.	2011	SDB (Standard Dwarf Beared)
Goldfinger	Sutton	1996	TB (Tall Bearded)
Good Life	Black	2010	TB (Tall Bearded)
Guilt Free Sample	Black	2007	TB (Tall Bearded)
Gypsy Romance	Schreiner	1994	TB (Tall Bearded)
Hakuna Matata	Hakuna Matata	1999	AB (Arilbred)
Handiwork	Ghio	1982	TB (Tall Bearded)
Harlow Gold	Black	1982	IB (Intermediate Bearded)
Harvest of Memories	Zurbrigg	1984	TB (Tall Bearded)
Heart of Glass	Johnson, T.	2007	TB (Tall Bearded)
Heaven	Ghio	1997	TB (Tall Bearded)
Hemstitched	Hager	1990	TB (Tall Bearded)
Homebody	Johnson, T.	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Honey Scoop	Sutton	1997	TB (Tall Bearded)
Honky Tonk Blues	Schreiner	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
Hot Gossip	Blyth	1992/93	TB (Tall Bearded)
Hot Spice	Aitken	1989	IB (Intermediate Bearded)
Howler	Johnson, T.	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
I Must Have It	Black	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
I'm On Fire	Johnson, T.	2011	IB (Intermediate Bearded)
Idol	Ghio	1998	TB (Tall Bearded)
Immortality	Zurbrigg	1982	TB (Tall Bearded)
In Cahoots	Johnson, T.	2011	SDB (Standard Dwarf Beared)
Indiscreet	Ghio	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
Ink Patterns	Johnson, T.	2007	TB (Tall Bearded)
Insaniac	Johnson, T.	2012	TB (Tall Bearded)
Intimidator	Black	2002	TB (Tall Bearded)
Italian Velvet	Keppel	2006	TB (Tall Bearded)
Jaime Lynn	Hammer	1984	TB (Tall Bearded)
Jakarta	Plough	1966	TB (Tall Bearded)
Jennyanydots	Black	2011	SDB (Standard Dwarf Beared)
Jesse's Song	Williamson	1983	TB (Tall Bearded)
June Krausse	Schreiner	2008	TB (Tall Bearded)
Jurassic Park	Lauer	1995	TB (Tall Bearded)
Keeping Up Appearances	Black	2000	TB (Tall Bearded)
Kevin's Theme	Kerr	1993	TB (Tall Bearded)
Kinkajou Shrew	Kasperek	2000	TB (Tall Bearded)
Kiss The Dawn	Kerr	1994	TB (Tall Bearded)
Lace Legacy	Greenwood by Aitken	1992	TB (Tall Bearded)
Lake Keuka	Borglum	1991	SIB (Siberian)
Lake Seneca	Borglum	1999	SIB (Siberian)
Lemon Pop	Lauer	1990	IB (Intermediate Bearded)
Let's Boogie	Schreiner	1997	TB (Tall Bearded)
Liaison	Ghio	1986	TB (Tall Bearded)
Living Your Dream	Black	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Louise Todd	McWhirter	1994	TB (Tall Bearded)
Lurid	Byers	1987	TB (Tall Bearded)
Lyrique	Blyth	1996	BB (Boarder Bearded)
Mac Shawe	Spoon	2005	TB (Tall Bearded)
Many Mahalos	Aitken	2003	IB (Intermediate Bearded)
Mariposa Skies	Tasco	1996	TB (Tall Bearded)
Masada	Tompkins	1982	TB (Tall Bearded)
Master Plan	Keppel	1995	TB (Tall Bearded)
Mexican Moth	Tompkins	1993	TB (Tall Bearded)
Milk on Apricots	Niswonger	2000	TB (Tall Bearded)
Monet's Blue	Schreiner	1998	TB (Tall Bearded)
Mother Earth	Hager	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
Mystic Shrine	Weed	1942	TB (Tall Bearded)
Name Game	Black	2012	TB (Tall Bearded)
Night Owl	Schreiner	1970	TB (Tall Bearded)
Note To God	Johnson, T.	2012	TB (Tall Bearded)
Obligato	Stahly	1988	IB (Intermediate Bearded)
Ocean Pacific	Ghio	1987	TB (Tall Bearded)
One of a Kind	Black	2010	TB (Tall Bearded)
Orange Harvest	Jones	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
Oregon Skies	Schreiner	1991	TB (Tall Bearded)
Orinoco Flow	Bartlett	1993	BB (Boarder Bearded)
Outer Edge	Black	2011	IB (Intermediate Bearded)
Outspoken	Black	2011	SDB (Standard Dwarf Beared)
Patchwork Puzzle	Johnson, T.	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Paul Black	Johnson, T.	2003	TB (Tall Bearded)
Peach Pie	Johnson, T.	2011	SDB (Standard Dwarf Beared)
Petticoat Shuffle	Schriener	2010	TB (Tall Bearded)
Pink Invasion	Johnson, T.	2010	TB (Tall Bearded)
Planned Treasure	Burger	1985	TB (Tall Bearded)
Play With Fire	Schreiner	1987	TB (Tall Bearded)
Plumeri	Ware	1830	TB (Tall Bearded)
Poem of Ecstasy	Hager	1997	TB (Tall Bearded)
Publicity Stunt	Johnson, T.	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Pulsator	Johnson, T.	2011	SDB (Standard Dwarf Beared)
Queen's Circle	Kerr	2000	TB (Tall Bearded)
Rachel Rose	Borglum	1992	TB (Tall Bearded)
Rare Treat	Schreiner	1987	TB (Tall Bearded)
Repartee	Smith	1968	TB (Tall Bearded)
Rhonda Fleming	Mullin	1993	TB (Tall Bearded)
Rustler	Keppel	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
Satin and Lace	Black	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Sea Power	Keppel	1998	TB (Tall Bearded)
Secret Affair	Johnson, T.	2010	TB (Tall Bearded)
Seneca Creamsicle	Borglum	??	TB (Tall Bearded)
Seneca Pink Delight	Borglum	2005	TB (Tall Bearded)
Seneca Snowdrift	Borglum	1995	TB (Tall Bearded)
Seneca Viceroy	Borglum	2004	SIB (Siberian)
Sharp Dressed Man	Johnson, T.	2010	TB (Tall Bearded)
Silhouette	Dunn	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
Silverado	Schreiner	1987	TB (Tall Bearded)
Snowed In	Ghio	1999	TB (Tall Bearded)
Snowy River	Willott	1985	MDB (Miniature Dwarf Bearded)
Splashacata	Tasco	1998	TB (Tall Bearded)
Stairway to Heaven	Lauer	1993	TB (Tall Bearded)
Star of India	Johnson, T.	2011	SDB (Standard Dwarf Beared)
Starwoman	Smith, Marky	1997	IB (Intermediate Bearded)
Stepping Out	Schreiner	1964	TB (Tall Bearded)
Stilettos	Johnson, T.	2009	TB (Tall Bearded)
Sultan's Palace	Schreiner	1977	TB (Tall Bearded)
Summer Olympics	Smith	1976	TB (Tall Bearded)
Super Model	Johnson, T.	2007	TB (Tall Bearded)
Supreme Sultan	Schreiner	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
Tennessee Gentleman	Innerst	1991	TB (Tall Bearded)
Terre De Feu	Cayeux	1997	TB (Tall Bearded)
Tiger Honey	Kasperek	1994	TB (Tall Bearded)
Tinted Crystal	Hager	1988	TB (Tall Bearded)
Toronto	Johnson, T.	2011	TB (Tall Bearded)
Total Recall	Hager	1992	TB (Tall Bearded)
Toucan Tango	Kasperek	2000	TB (Tall Bearded)
Vision in Pink	Wood	1986	TB (Tall Bearded)
Wicked Good	Black	2012	TB (Tall Bearded)
Wild	Black	2012	BB (Boarder Bearded)
Winter Adventure	Black	1992	TB (Tall Bearded)
Wonders Never Cease	Black	2007	TB (Tall Bearded)
Yaquina Blue	Schreiner	1992	TB (Tall Bearded)

Winter Activity: Labels and Maps

Not much more to do outside, but I am working to get ready for the spring.  Earlier this year I bought a new Brother label printer.  I have been pleased with earlier models, but this one, PT-2730, includes USB linking to my Mac and software to layout labels.  I love it!  Best part for me is that I can store the templates on the computer.

This machine allows for 1" labels so that I can get more info right by the cultivar.  I did have to move to the larger zinc labels, which also have stainless steel wires.  Taking the lead from my friend David, I have moved to using labels that print black on clear (instead of white) tape.  This results in a less glaring product.

Of course I have lots of maps to update as well!

The New Dykes Medal Winner is NOT in My Garden

I received it in 2011 as a bonus from Schreiner's.  It did not bloom this summer but seems to be established, so next year the 2012 I thought American Dyke's Medal Winner, 'Florentine Silk', would be blooming at Diamond Rise!  I was so excited!  But, alas...

'Florentine Silk' (Keppel, 2005)

The iris I have is 'Italian Velvet'.  Can you see how my false excitement was triggered?

'Italian Velevet' (Keppel, 2005)

OK, so they don't look alike, but it is an Italian Fabric. And they were both registered by Keith Keppel in 2005. Darn.  And double darn because David and I missed meeting him because we were too polite to crash into his back yard this spring. 

The Dykes Medal is the best of the best.  Each year irises are judged best in their class.  For 2012 the Wister Medal for best Tall Bearded Iris went to "Gypsy Lord.'  Another Keppel introduction.  The man is a witch.... or a warlock.

'Gypsy Lord' (Keppel '09) 

I Don't have that either.  The shame.  Kyle asked if we had to move before the neighbors find out.

Oh well.  New acquisitions to be made!

Betty's Pics From My Garden

Betty and Jim stopped by before the frost.  Betty's gorgeous photos captured the dahlias before they shriveled.  The last picture is close-up of a giant red dahlia.  It was used as a desktop on her tablet and it's headed to my iPad!

'Immortality' still blooming.  Note the buds
in the background. 

A gathering of dahlias by the pond.

KODA!  World's Best Dog!

More Dahlias by the pond. 

If it's not named 'Van Gogh' it should be!

The Hard Freeze

It took only one night of 30 degree weather to bring the season to a screeching halt for iris and dahlia.  After a summer waiting for the moon flower to bloom, a week later... well you can see what Koda thought of that.

'Immortality' - expect resurrection in 2013

 

The black dahlia

The last of the bunch rescued by Kyle.

Returning to the Devastation

After a weekend in NYC at a Provincial Council meeting wrapped in Broadway, I am expecting the annual science of death.  Friday night was a killing frost in Mendon.  The garden will look like the Addams Family visited Tim Burton.

It was only one night and the week promises to be warm enough to work comfortably.  The dahlia tubers will be dug and put up in bags that allow for air circulation.  Jim is bringing onion bags and I have saved some mesh bulb bags.  I will also buy some knee-high "nylons" as these work well. The bags will be hung in a cool dry place. Because my house does not have an optimal location I'll be lucky if half of them make it till spring.

New Daylilies from Cobbs Hilll

Charlie Zettek dug me some great clumps this year!  Two are cultivars registered by Charlie in 2004.  'Clowning Around' is a jester ready for Mardi Gras.

Clowning Around (Zettek, 2004)

'Prince Dimitry' holds court with a royal purple towering over the serfs at 40".

Prince Dimitry (Zettek, 2004)

Among the others new to my garden are these beauties.

'Frosted Vanilla'  (Kamensky, 1988) 

'Brocaded Grown'  (Millikan-B., 1979)

'Hazel's Gift' (Valente, 1992)

'Hortensia' (Branch, 1964)

'Love Those Eyes' (Rasmussen, 1987)

'Golden Scroll' (Guidry, 1983) 

Dahlias Closing Out The Season

The foliage on most plants on the garden is looking ragged and the dahlias are very leggy and many are flopped over.  My fault.  I should have staked them more carefully.  Dahlia stems are hollow and very brittled. The position in which they grow is the position in which they stay!  Try to straighten them and you have just picked an entire plant of Dahlias.

Dahlia Time (and re-blooming iris)

It's been a while.  This season has been keeping up with weeds and waiting for dahlias.

Moonflower vines on the arbor, purple dahlias beside. 

Early evening by the pond.

Kogane Fubuki dahlia

'Penelope' ? dinnerplate dahlia

Dahlias by the pond

 These re-blooming iris started several weeks ago and are still putting up stalks.

Rebloomers: TB 'Imorrtality' and an unknown relative.

Some More from Mid-America Gardens

Here they come... Those Beautiful Girls! Yes Follies fans the next few posts will highlight the the other new cultivars from Mid-America.

First a median.  This IB has "upright grape juice purple standards reveal red plum styles. Very round, palest pink white falls have dark red purple hafts changing to grape juice purple plicata bands. Short purple veins and sanding flank mid burnt orange beards ending in violet. Showy clumps are filled with stalks having 2 branches and 5 buds."  Or so it will soon in my garden!

'Outer Edge' (Black '11)  IB 23" (58cm) Midseason Sdlg. P108C

"Standards are white almost completely sanded and washed deep lilac-rose except in their centers" on Ballet Performance.  "Styles are honey with buff-pink crests. Wide stark white falls have narrow lilac-rose plicata bands with paler dotting inside them and darker hafts. Beards are tangerine over a white base."

Ballet Performance (Johnson, 2007). Seedling T94D . TB, 31" (79 cm), Early bloom season.

Then there's Satin and Lace: "Orangey peach standards top slightly lighter falls. Darker style arms peer from between ruffled and domed standards. Soft tangerine beards are the perfect accompaniment."

'Satin and Lace' (Black '11) TB Midseason-Late 34” (86cm) Sdlg. O50A

Secret Affair displays, "palest milk glass pink standards become the color of the reverse on bluish milk glass falls blushed pink over hafts. All petals are ruffled and edged in lace. Pastel blue beards are tipped palest tangerine in keeping with the overall elegance of these flowers."

'Secret Affair' (Johnson '10) TB Midseason-Late 39” (99cm) Sdlg. TW3B

A child of 'Paul Black' and 'Saturn', 'Sharp Dressed Man', grammar notwithstanding, promises to be another striking display of a bright orange beard against a rich dark color.

'Sharp Dressed Man' (Johnson '10) TB Early Midseason 36” (91cm) Sdlg. TZ58A

Paul Johnson says, "Think Tina Turner and spiked heels." This space age display of ruffles and frills is accented by thin, dramatic violet horns.
  

'Stilletos' (Johnson '09) TB Midseason-Late 39” (99cm) Sdlg. TW3B

This heavily violet promises to be a sturdy increases as noted by AIS convention visitors.

'Super Model' (Johnson '07) TB 40" (102 cm) Sdlg. T125B

Here's one that I am really looking forward to!  Creamy white. the falls are washed with an amazing display of color, it won honorable mention and later an award of merit.

'Wonders Never Cease' (Black '07') Seedling L83B. TB, height 40" (102 cm), early to mid season bloom