Bearded Irises

(George Sutton, 2000), MDB, 5", early through late bloom season + rebloom.

Standards white ground, chrome yellow edge, yellow midrib, lavender blue washing and stippling; style arms chrome yellow; falls white washed yellow, chrome yellow edge, burgundy stitching; beards lavender blue, orange deep in throat; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance.

Honorable Mention 2006; Award of Merit 2008

(Robert Skaggs, 2017), SDB, 12" tall, midseason to late bloom.

Standards yellow, chartreuse center, wide violet edge, falls light yellow, chartreuse spot, beards orange in throat, light blue in middle, ends violet, ruffled, sweet fragrance.

Honorable Mention 2021.

(Paul Black, 2006), SDB, 12", late midseason bloom.

Standards medium hot pink; style arms hot pink; falls medium hot pink slightly lighter than Standards, cocoa pink veins on haft, plicata sanded hot pink between; beards white tipped hot coral pink; slight musky fragrance.

Honorable Mention 2008, Award of Merit 2011.

(Anthony and Dorothy Willott,1999), SDB, 9", late bloom.

Standards blended pale blue and yellow; style arms pale blue; falls golden brown; beards full blue, yellow in throat; lightly ruffled.

Honorable Mention 2004.

(Robert Skaggs, 2019), SDB, 12" tall, early to midseason bloom.

Standards pastel yellow, edged blue-grey; style arms blue-grey; falls same as standards, white blaze below beard; beards neon blue; pronounced sweet fragrance.

(Thomas Johnson, 2020), MDB, 7.5", early bloom season.

Standards light lime green; style arms green-white; falls lighter than standards, medium green spot and narrow petal edge; beards green-yellow in throat, ends powder blue.

Honorable Mention 2022

(John D. Taylor, 1979), SDB, 12", early bloom.

Standards cream; falls pale primrose; blue beard.

(Going In Circles x unknown)

(Going In Circles x unknown)

(Going In Circles x unknown)

(Cheetah Cheese x Peach Jam), 14" tall.

(unknown x unknown), 27" tall.

Stardards are white with yellow edges, falls are purple with pastel lavender band, beards are white tipped lavender with gold base.

(Insaniac x Patchwork Puzzle)

(Insaniac x Patchwork Puzzle)

(Keith Keppel, 2003), SDB, 13", midseason bloom.

Standards blue-white heavily washed cream, darkest toward midrib; style arms cream to pale yellow, lip lavender; falls oyster, deeper washed spot; beards blue at end to white, hairs tipped orange in throat.

(Nancy Price, 2005), SDB, 12", midseason bloom.

Standards light yellow; style arms light yellow, blue midrib; falls light yellow covered by large brown ray extending down from beard; beards blue, tipped yellow in throat.

(Paul Black, 2009), SDB, 14", early midseason bloom.

Standards dark beetroot, minimal butter plicata ground beside midrib; style arms butter, medium magenta midrib, beetroot crest; falls butter cream, heavy medium-dark beetroot plicata veins and sanding over haft becoming 3/4" medium beetroot plicata band on lower half of petal; beards white tipped greyed orange; ruffled; slight spicy fragrance.

(Sterling Innerst, 1990), SDB, 13", midseason bloom.

Red violet, purple spot on falls; beards blue; slight fragrance.

Honorable Mention 1995.

(Paul Black, 2017), SDB, 13", early to late bloom season.

Standards white, lime green veins up midrib; style arms cream-white; falls white, lime green haft veins; beard hairs based white, light gold-yellow in throat, cream white in middle, ends white; glaciata; pronounced sweet grape fragrance.

(Thomas Johnson, 2014), SDB, 13", early bloom season.

Standards white, lemon tints, slight gold halo that fades with age; style arms white; falls large black spot with wide white band, small white dart below beard; beards yellow-orange, tipped white; slight fragrance.

Honorable Mention 2016; Award of Merit 2018; Cook-Douglas Medal 2021.

(J. Terry Aitken, 2012), MDB, 6", early to midseason bloom.

Standards and style arms white; falls white ground, deep purple spot, white cleft below beard, slight white zonal spot beside beard; beards bright orange.

(Paul Black, 2012), SDB, 14", early to midseason bloom.

Standards light shell-pink; style arms mid to light shell-pink; falls light shell-pink, haft and big spot surrounding beard completely overlaid with mid dark violet-blue lines and some dotting and sanding between lines; beards mid coral; spicy fragrance.

Honorable Mention 2018.

(Allan Ensminger, 1990), SDB, 10", late midseason bloom + reblooms.

Standards wistaria blue; falls straw yellow; beards wistaria blue.

Honorable Mention 1993; Award of Merit 1996.

(Paul Black, 2007), TB, 34", early to midseason bloom, broken color.

Standards bright gold, extremely variable ruby wash; style arms bright gold, variable ruby streaks; falls bright gold, random ruby red streaks and splashes, sometimes half streaked, half solid ruby red on same petal; beards bright yellow-gold; ruffled; extremely variable broken color from petal to petal and flower to flower; slight spicy fragrance.

Honorable Mention 2011; Award of Merit 2013.

(Paul Black, 2007), SDB, 14", mid to late season bloom.

Standards medium yellow; style arms yellow-gold; falls medium yellow ground, dark burgundy veins washed and blended darker over lower 3/5, edged with 3/8" solid medium yellow band; beards orange; ruffled; pronounced spicy fragrance.

Honorable Mention 2009; Award of Merit 2011, Cook Douglas Medal 2015.