Bearded Irises
Tall Bearded, Intermediate Bearded, Border Bearded, & Arilbred 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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(Nancy Price, 2005), SDB, 12" (30 cm), 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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
