Bearded Irises
Tall Bearded, Intermediate Bearded, Border Bearded, & Arilbred Irises
(William Tyson, 2010), TB, 34" (86 cm), early to midseason bloom & rebloom, broken color.
Standards peach pink; style arms peach; falls pink purple, purple violet splashes; beards tangerine-shrimp, occasional short, upturned fuzzy light pink horns; broken color pattern.
Honorable Mention 2014, Award of Merit 2017.
Photo: Sutton's Iris Garden
(Michael Sutton, 2002), TB, 30", early to late bloom + rebloom, broken color.
Standards champagne, sectioned or splashed and streaked violet purple; style arms satinwood streaked violet purple; falls white ground splashed and streaked purple, satinwood edge; beards brick, tangerine and white hair tips, purple base; slight sweet fragrance.
(Ava Toth, 2022), IB, 22", late bloom season, broken color.
Standards and style arms soft creamy tan; falls butter yellow overlaid with shades of tan, streaked with soft creamy tan; beards yellow in throat and middle, near white end; slight musky fragrance.
Photo by David Toth at Indian Creek Irises
(Allan Ensminger, 1992), BB, 18", late midseason bloom, broken color.
Venetian pink striped bishops violet; beards red.
Honorable Mention 1995, Award of Merit 1997.
Photo by The American Iris Society
(Ava Toth, 2021), IB, 21", early bloom, broken color.
Standards and falls dark beetroot red, clean white streaks and flecks; style arms beetroot red; beards tangerine; slight spicy fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2023.
Photo: David Toth at Indian Creek Irises
(Donald Spoon, 2011), SDB, 9 (23 cm), early midseason bloom and rebloom.
Standards peachy-orange, style arms peachy-orange, darker at midribs and edges; falls orange; beards solid spectrum red; erect standards, flared falls; ruffled.
(Richard Tasco, 2008), SDB, 13.5", midseason bloom and rebloom.
Standards barium yellow; style arms cold white, light barium yellow edge and crest; falls barium yellow, lemon yellow around beard; beards white tipped tangerine, white at end; heavily ruffled; slight citrus fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2011.
(Kathie Kasperek, 2001), TB, 32" tall, midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards and style arms orange buff; falls orange buff ground, netted deep jasper red overlay, butter cream streaking; beards bright deep orange; broken color; ruffled; slight fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2005; Award of Merit 2009.
(Brad Kasperek, 2001), TB, 37" (94 cm), midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards chocolate brown, white streaking; falls chocolate brown, white streaking, shoulders yellow; beards burnt yellow; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2005.
Photo: South Jersey Iris (I purchased this variety from them.)
(Paul Black, 2017), SDB, 13", early to midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards mid khaki, silvery white rim, mid wine mottled base; style arms light buff-pink, mid old gold crest and ridge; falls light butter around beard, remainder red-plum wash with random cream streaks; beard hairs based white, mid old gold in throat, mid-light old gold in middle, ends white.
(Marky Smith, 2013), TB, 31" tall, late to very late bloom, Flatty.
Standards sides black-violet, red-violet toward base, white center sprays with some broken violet color, wide lavender rims on violet sides, 3" white center rims; style arms white; falls deep black-violet, thin, slightly irregular white center dividing stripe, wide 1/4" or more lavender ruffled rims, sometimes blending to red-violet just beyond the rims; beards absent; large flower when flattened in hot weather; ruffled.
Honorable Mention 2016; Award of Merit 2021.
(Marky Smith, 2009), SDB, 13", early bloom season.
Standards oyster cream; style arms pale grey, crests oyster cream; falls blackened mulberry, cream wire rim, cream feathers around beard; beards yellow orange in throat, yellow tipped cream in middle, cream at end; ruffled.
Honorable Mention 2014, Award of Merit 2017.
(Ava Toth, 2022), IB, 20" (51 cm), midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards corn yellow, random blushing, streaks, and speckling of light maroon-red; style arms corn yellow, blush light maroon-red; falls corn yellow, lighter towards center, light maroon-red lines and dotting; beards dark orange in throat, honey yellow end.
Photo: David Toth
(Kathie Kasperek, 2007), TB, 36" tall, midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards and falls orange, random splashes/washings of red raspberry; style arms orange; beards dark red-orange; ruffled, broken color pattern; slight fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2010.
(Michael Sutton, 2019), TB, 31" (79 cm), midseason to late bloom, broken color.
Standards white, pale pink flush up midrib; style arms white; falls white, random violet streaks and splashes; beards tangerine in throat, end palest orange; ruffled; serrated; slight spicy fragrance.
Photo: Sutton's Iris Garden
(Paul Black, 2020), SDB, 15.5" (39 cm), midseason to late bloom.
Standards light straw, flushed violet base and inside lower center; style arms light-mid straw; falls light lilac-rose washed over buff ground, dark ruby red blended spot in center ¹⁄₃; beard hairs based light lavender, tips greyed tangerine.
(Paul Black, 2013), TB, 36", midseason to late bloom, broken color.
Standards white, irregular splashes and segments of mid violet; style arms white, light tan, mid violet irregular segments; falls white around beard to light tan, irregular segments and splashes of mid violet to red-purple to blue-purple; beards tangerine in throat and middle, white end, hairs based white.
Honorable Mention 2016, Award of Merit 2018.
(Brad Kasperek, 2005), IB, 26", midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards tan, violet rib, white streaking; style arms light tan; Falls lavender violet, silver white streaking; beards burnt orange; lightly ruffled.
Honorable Mention 2008.
(Tom Burseen, 2014), TB, 35" tall, early to midseason to late bloom, broken color.
Standards pure white, red-purple random splattering; style arms white, washed gold; falls pure white, yellow-gold washed hafts, random dark purple splatters; beards poppy orange, tattered and feathered white horns, gold stems; flared and ruffled; slight sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2017; Award of Merit 2019; John C. Wister Medal 2021; Favorite Guest 2023. Novelty Iris; Dykes Medal 2023.
(David Toth, 2020), TB, 29", midseason to late bloom, broken color.
Standards creamy white, random light purple splashes; style arms creamy white splashed light purple; falls creamy white, very pale purple cast, randomly streaked and splashed medium to dark purple; beards yellow, large frilly creamy white rounded spoons streaked and splashed bright purple; slight spicy fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2024.
Photo by David Toth at Indian Creek Irises
(Michael Sutton, 2019), TB, 31" tall, midseason to late bloom.
Standards amber yellow, purple flush up midrib; style arms amber yellow; falls dark violet-near black blending into ½˝ violet band bordered by a ¼˝ Tuscan yellow rim at edge; beards orange; serrated edges; sweet fragrance.
(David Toth, R. 2019), TB, 36", early bloom, broken color.
Standards and style arms sunflower yellow; falls same, wide streaks of royal purple; beards purple, long fuzzy horns up to 1½˝; slight musky fragrance.
(David Toth, 2019), TB, 34", early bloom, broken color.
Standards and style arms straw yellow; falls deep bright purple, wide streaks and blotches of straw yellow; beards golden yellow; pronounced musky fragrance.
Favorite Guest Iris 2022; Honorable Mention 2023.
(Paul Black, 2015), MDB, 7.5", midseason to late bloom and re-bloom.
Standards green-white fading to white; style arms white, mid violet in heart; falls white, dark burgundy spot bisected by white wedge stripe from beard to edge, white rays over haft surrounded by olive-brown veins; beards mid lavender; slight sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2017; Award of Merit 2019; Caparne-Welch medal 2021.
(Jim Hedgecock, 2003), TB, 34", early midseason bloom, broken Color.
Purple, broken color pattern with white splashes and streaks; beards yellow, large purple flounce splashed and streaked white; slight sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2006.
(Paul Black, 2005), SDB, 14", midseason to late bloom.
Standards burnished greenish gold; style arms white, greenish gold rib and crest; falls pale greenish yellow, slightly darker haft; beards dark indigo; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2008.
(Paul Black, 2008), SDB, 15.5", midseason to late bloom.
Standards medium buff-gold, lighter in center; style arms darker buff-gold; falls medium buff-gold, large garnet spot, medium buff-gold haft veins beside beard; beards white tipped dark orange; ruffled; pronounced strawberry fragrance.
Walther Cup 2010, Honorable Mention 2010, Award of Merit 2012, Cook Douglas Medal 2014.
(J. Terry Aitken, 2016), MDB, 5" tall, midseason bloom.
Standards brilliant orange crush orange; style arms brilliant orange; falls brilliant orange, red-orange spot, orange zonal spot at hafts; beards brilliant orange.
Honorable Mention 2017; Award of Merit 2019; Caparne-Welch Medal 2021.
(Michael Sutton, 2008), IB, 20" (51 cm), late midseason bloom and rebloom.
Standards white and yellow ground washed plum purple; style arms plum; falls white ground veined and edged plum purple, yellow shoulders; beards white, bronze in throat; slight spicy fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2011; Favorite Guest 2011
Photo: Stout Gardens
(J. Terry Aitken, 2002), IB, 24" (61 cm), midseason bloom and rebloom.
Standards soft blue violet, base flushed deeper violet; falls. soft yellow, hafts washed amber; beards white, hairs tipped yellow.
Honorable Mention 2006.
(David Toth, 2019), TB, 34", early to midseason bloom, broke color.
Standards pale yellow base splashed and streaked lavender, purple and plum; style arms pale yellow splashed light purple; falls pale yellow based splashed and streaked buff-tan, purple, and plum, streaked white; beard bases white, tips golden yellow, very short purple horns.
(Brad Kasperek, 2009), TB, 30", early to midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards light peach (RHS 36D); style arms same tinted light raspberry; falls light raspberry (63D) streaked dark raspberry (71A); beards tangerine orange; ruffled, broken color; slight fragrance.
(David Toth, 2022), TB, 34" (86 cm), midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards and style arms soft lemon yellow; falls same, streaked or splashed with light pastel purple; beards light orange.
Photo by David Toth at Indian Creek Irises
(Hugh Stout, 2018), SDB, 14"-15", early midseason bloom.
Standards creamy pale yellow (at times whiter), slight blue-green stripe half way up midrib; style arms creamy pale yellow; falls creamy pale yellow (at times whiter) ground luminata pattern, cream-white area around beards, medium violet-blue wash in center on ²⁄₃ of petal, edges creamy yellow on remaining ¹⁄₃ of petal; beard hairs based white, tips golden orange; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2021; Award of Merit 2023.
(Paul Black, 2013), SDB, 14", midseason to late bloom.
Standards light buff-peach, lilac haze over center, narrow buff band; style arms mid buff-peach, pink midrib, pale rose center; falls pale buff-peach patch around beards, veined mid plum transitioning to mottled plum band, outer 1/3 washed light lilac, tan-peach rim; beards mid orange; pronounced sweet fragrance.
(Paul Black, 2023), SDB, 12" (30.5 cm), midseason to late bloom.
Standards grey white; style arms grey white, light tan crest; falls grey white, butter tan hafts and around beard, narrowly banded light slate grey; beards old gold; slight sweet fragrance variegated foliage, flowers can vary from grey white to peach.
Photo flower: Delane H. Langton
Photo leaves: Paul Black
(David Toth, 2018), TB, 32", midseason bloom, broken color & space age.
Standards white, mottled pale yellow with pale purple flecks; style arms light yellow; falls white, mottled pale yellow with pale purple flecks and streaks; beards dark gold in throat, gold middle and end, ¾ to 1˝ long fuzzy purple horns.
Photo by David Toth at Indian Creek Irises.
(Carol Coleman, 2006), SDB, 11.5" (29 cm), midseason bloom.
Standards white, light green midrib; style arms white edged very light yellow, light lavender stigmatic lip, fringed; falls white, chrome yellow haft marks, plum spot edged 1/4" white; beards light yellow-gold at end, medium yellow-orange in middle, dark yellow-orange in throat; slight sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2011; Award of Merit 2014.
(Bennett Jones, 1968), SDB, 14", midseason bloom.
Deep brown self; blue-purple beard.
High Commendation 1968, Award of Merit 1972, Cook-Douglas Medal 1974.
(Brad Kasperek, 1993), TB, 32", midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards medium violet with random off-white splashes; falls dark violet with random breaks and splashes of off-white; beards burnt orange tipped medium violet; ruffled; slight fragrance.
Honorable Mention 1996; Award of Merit 1998.
