'Pumpkin Cheesecake' (TB)
$7.50 - Single Rhizome
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(O. David Niswonger, 1995), TB, 30", midseason bloom.
Standards white; falls orange; beards tangerine orange.
Honorable Mention 1997; Award of Merit 2000.
'Pumpkin Pie Ala Mode' (TB)
$10.00 - Single Rhizome
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(Thomas Johnson, 2013), TB, 40", midseason bloom.
Standards white, apricot flush up midrib; style arms white; falls burnt orange; beards tangerine; slight fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2016; Award of Merit 2019.
'Purple Marble' (TB)
$29.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Michael Sutton, 2020), TB, 36", midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards bluebird blue, streaked and splashed white, thin red-violet wire rim; style arms bluebird blue, white streaks; falls purple, streaked and splashed pure white; beards yellow; slight spicy fragrance.
'Pussycat Pink' (SDB)
$3.99 - Single Rhizome
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(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.
'Quail Ale' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Brad Kasperek, 2006), TB, 37", early midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards and style arms light clear yellow, muted light yellow streaking; falls same, random red-purple marks on shoulders; beards yellow; moderately ruffled; broken color; slight fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2008
'Rainbow High' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Keith Keppel, 2008), TB, 40", late midseason bloom.
Standards cream to pale yellow, central area lemon yellow; style arms lemon yellow to cream, faint orchid cast above lip; falls lemon yellow upper area, reticulated, warm white below beard shading to wide pleroma violet band with liver brown outer band, narrow sorghum brown outer edge; beards deep chrome yellow.
Honorable Mention 2011.
'Raspberry Jam' (SDB)
$4.99 - Single Rhizome
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(O. David Niswonger, 1980), SDB, 12", midseason bloom.
Red violet with deeper spot on falls; white blue beard.
Honorable Mention 1983, Award of Merit 1985, Cook-Douglas Medal 1988.
'Raspberry Silk' (BB)
$6.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Donald Spoon, 2000), BB, height 26", midseason bloom, broken color.
White ground, splashed deep raspberry and infused light pink, broken color pattern; style arms light pink; beards pink tangerine, white at end and tangerine cherry in throat; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance.
'Reality Check' (TB)
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(Richard Tasco, R. 2019), TB, 41", midseason bloom.
Standards diamond dusted apricot, some light plum dots at extreme base of midribs; style arms Spanish orange, darker at bottom sides; falls peach-white ground heavily veined violet-purple, apricot rim; beards capsicum red; lightly ruffled; moderately sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2021.
'Reverse Reverse' (SDB)
$4.99 - Single Rhizome
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(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.
'Ribbit' (MDB)
$4.99 - Single Rhizome
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(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
'Ring Around Rosie' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Richard Ernst, 2000), TB, 35", midseason bloom.
Standards white, yellow gilt rim; style arms white, yellow accents; falls white ground, purple sanded pattern, 1/4"-3/8" yellow rim; beards yellow and orange.
Honorable Mention 2002; Award of Merit 2004; Wister Medal 2007.
'Rock Star'
$7.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Monty Byers, 1990), TB, 30", early midseason bloom.
Standards apricot orange, almost completely overlaid with red violet mottling; falls apricot orange, medium red violet stitched edge, deeper stitching over hafts; beards red orange, light orange horn speckled red violet; heavily ruffled; slight sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 1994.
'Sarah Taylor' (SDB)
$3.99 - Single Rhizome
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(John D. Taylor, 1979), SDB, 12", early bloom.
Standards cream; falls pale primrose; blue beard.
'Scatterbrain' (TB)
$8.50 - Single Rhizome
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(Thomas Johnson, 2008), TB, 40", late bloom.
Standards white narrowly rimmed gold; style arms white touched gold on crest; falls white center, ruby veins transitioning to yellow ground with ruby veins becoming heavy ruby wash ending in narrow gold bands; beards bright yellow; ruffled; spicy fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2010, Award of Merit 2012.
'Scoundrel' (SDB)
$7.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Thomas Johnson, 2010), SDB, 11", midseason late, broken color.
Late midseason bloom. Standards light olive irregularly splashed dark violet; style arms brassy olive; falls light olive, slate violet center, irregularly marked plum, gold hafts; beards dark gold, plush.
'Seek The Unique' (TB)
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(Paul Black, 2020), TB, 34", early to late bloom.
Standards white, randomly splashed with large segments of light lilac; style arms white, random light lilac splashes; falls white, hafts lined dark purple, remainder of petal streaked and splashed mid-dark orchid; beard hairs based white, tips mid tan; slight spicy fragrance.
Honorable Mentions 2022.
'Sharp Dressed Man' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Thomas Johnson, 2010), TB, 36", midseason bloom.
Standards iridescent medium purple; falls purple black, slightly lighter rim, velvety, elegantly ruffled; beards shocking bright orange; sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2012; Award of Merit 2014; Wister Medal 2016.
'Sheer Panic' (TB)
$12.99 - Single Rhizome
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(David Toth, 2019) TB, 34", early bloom, broken color.
Standards pink midrib blending outward to bright yellow; style arms bright yellow with pink tones; falls light pink splashed and streaked burgundy, bright yellow rim; beards orange.
Honorable Mention 2022; Favorite Guest 2023.
'Shindig' (SDB)
$3.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Barry Blyth, 1999), SDB, 12", very early bloom.
Standards beige pink, violet midrib infusion; style arms beige pink, violet center infusion; falls beige pink, stronger 3/16" beige pink edge, broad plum spot, peach haft veining; beards lavender, tipped bronze.
'Shock' (SDB)
$7.99 - Single Rhizome
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(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.
'Silken Trim' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Schreiner, 2012), TB, 36", late bloom.
Standards purple; falls darker purple; beards dark yellow.
Honorable Mention 2015.
'Silver Streak' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Michael Sutton, 2005), TB, 36", midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards rose violet streaked and marbled white; style arms rose violet; falls plush maroon, streaked silver white; beards yellow, rose violet petaloids streaked white; pronounced spicy fragrance.
'Sketchy Character' (TB)
$11.99 - Single Rhizome
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(David Toth, 2019), TB, 32", midseason bloom.
Standards maroon-red streaked and splashed mustard yellow; style arms maroon-red streaked mustard yellow; falls same as standards; beards base maroon-red, tips gold, 2˝ frilly maroon-red spoons; slight musky fragrance.
'Skimbleshanks' (SDB)
$3.99 - Single Rhizome
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(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.
'Smart' (SDB)
$3.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Sterling Innerst, 1990), SDB, 13", midseason bloom.
Red violet, purple spot on falls; beards blue; slight fragrance.
Honorable Mention 1995.
'Some Like It Hot'
$14.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Paul Black, 2007), TB, 32" (81 cm). Midseason to late bloom.
Standards buff peach infused medium purple up midrib; style arms buff peach; falls dark wine, thin paler rim, dark wine veins over buff ground around dark orange beards, velvety; ruffled; pronounced sweet fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2009; Award of Merit 2011.
'Sordid Lives' (TB)
$8.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Thomas Johnson, 2009), TB, 41", early midseason bloom.
Standards white, slight gold halo; style arms white, gold crests; falls blend from white to light yellow, centers wildly washed, mottled and dotted rose magenta shading to darker rose over centers, wide blended bands of off-white to yellow, hafts veined and sanded plum; beards gold; purple based foliage.
Honorable Mention 2011, Award of Merit 2013.
'Sparkling White' (SDB)
$5.99 - Single Rhizome
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(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.
'Spiced Custard' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(John Weiler, 1987), TB, 32", midseason to late bloom.
Standards cream and yellow blend, yellow most prominent near veins; falls burnt orange and cinnamon brown blend; maraschino red beard.
Honorable Mention 1989.
'Spiced Tiger' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Brad Kasperek, 1994), TB, 31", early bloom season, broken color.
Standards light brown sugar, butter yellow at base, lightly splashed with silver white; falls mahogany with silver white streaking, shoulders butter yellow overlaid mahogany; beards golden brown; pronounced spicy fragrance; ruffled, crinkled edges.
Honorable Mention 1998; Award of Merit 2000.
'Spin Off' (TB)
$15.00 - Single Rhizome
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(Maryott's Gardens, 1986), TB, 33", midseason bloom.
Standards rose; falls wine with rose rim; white beard tipped orange; ruffled.
'Splatter Matters' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(John Painter, 2009), TB, 35", midseason bloom.
Standards dark pansy-violet streaked mottled white and aster violet; style arms dark pansy-violet; falls same but more heavily marked than Standards; beards mixed violet and white, yellow in throat; slight spicy fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2013; Award of Merit 2016. Novelty.
'Spring Starter' (TB)
$24.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Tom Burseen, 2015), TB, 37", very early through late bloom, broken color.
Standards white, chartreuse base; style arms white; falls white, centers slightly streaked violet-blue; beards scarlet, short fuzzy white horns; flared; very ruffled; slight spicy fragrance. 'Don’t Doubt Dalton' sibling.
Honorable Mention 2018.
'Squid Squirt' (TB)
$15.00 - Single Rhizome
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(Brad Kasperek, 2001), TB, 34", midseason bloom, broken color.
Phlox purple, violet purple and beetroot purple splashes; beards red orange; lightly ruffled, laced; slight fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2005.
'Stairway to Heaven' (TB)
$7.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Larry Lauer, 1992), TB, 40", early to midseason bloom.
Standards creamy off-white; falls medium blue undertone lavender; beards white; slight fragrance.
Honorable Mention 1995, Award of Merit 1997, Wister Medal 1999, American Dykes Medal 2000.
'Starship Enterprise' (TB)
$10.00 - Single Rhizome
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(Schreiners, 1999), TB, 36", midseason to late bloom.
Standards crystalline white, midrib golden yellow; falls light creamy yellow to white, yellow shoulders, 2" rosy magenta marginal band; beards golden yellow.
Honorable Mention 2001; Award of Merit 2003.
'Starting Fresh' (TB)
$15.00 - Single Rhizome
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(Schreiners, 2016), TB, 37.5", late midseason bloom.
Standards clean white suffused with yellow at base; falls white, light purple rim; beards orange.
'Stop and Stare' (SDB)
$4.99 - Single Rhizome
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(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.
'Sugar Magnolia' (TB)
$7.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Schreiner, 1998), TB, 35", early to midseason bloom.
Standards white; style arms pink; falls bright venetian pink; beards tangerine red.
Honorable Mention 2000.
'Summer Olympics' (TB)
$5.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Raymond G. Smith, 1976), TB, 30", early bloom + rebloom.
Standards brilliant greenish yellow; falls white, yellow hafts; orange beard; heavily ruffled.
'Sweet Lemonade' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Akihiko Terada, 1995), TB, 36", midseason bloom.
Standards lemon; falls deep lemon; beards yellow; ruffled, laced.
'Table for Two' (TB)
$7.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Schreiner, 2016), TB, 36", very early bloom.
Standards tawny brown changing to violet at midribs; falls black-red, white blaze around beard; beards yellow.
Third place winner of Moscow International TB Iris Competition 2018; Honorable Mention 2018; Award of Merit 2021.
'Tantara' (SDB)
$3.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Allan Ensminger, 1981), SDB, 15", midseason bloom.
Standards tan; falls garnet brown; pansy violet beard.
Honorable Mention 1984, Award of Merit 1989.
'Tiger Honey' (TB)
$7.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Brad Kasperek, 1993), TB, 38", early to midseason bloom, broken color.
Standards butterscotch with random golden yellow streaks; falls butterscotch and caramel stripes on golden yellow ground, off-white streaking; beards butterscotch; lightly laced, ruffled; slight fragrance.
Honorable Mention 1996; Award of Merit 1998.
'Tiny Beacon' (MDB)
$3.99 - Single Rhizome
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(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.
'Tropical Delight' (TB)
$9.99 - Single Rhizome
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(Michael Sutton, 2001), TB, 33", midseason bloom.
Standards and style arms amber yellow; falls phlox purple; beards tangerine, with feathered phlox purple spoon; heavily ruffled, lightly laced; slight spicy fragrance.
Honorable Mention 2005.
'Tropicana Cabana' (TB)
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(Michael Sutton, 2020), TB, 40", early midseason bloom.
Standards salmon, edged yellow; style arms salmon; falls orange-buff bleeding into beetroot-purple half way down petal into orange-buff band, beetroot wire rim; beards orange; ruffled and serrated; slight spicy fragrance.