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4724 Angus Dr.,Gainesville, VA 20155
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Miniature Tall Bearded Iris (MTB)

-- 16 to 25 inches. Great for arranging which is why they are called "table iris". Delicate in effect with very thin stalks. Blooming time is late IB season through the TB season. These petite beauties are a delightful addition to the garden.

FAIR HALDIS (Witt 75) Tan standards; falls, white lined tan. $4.00
GAJUS (Goos & Koenemann 06) Yellow standards; falls plum with white lines radiating over most of the falls, narrow white edge. Very striking in the garden. $6.00
HONORABILE (Lemon 1840) Yellow with maroon red veins on falls. Long blooming. Historic. $5.00
*KEIRITH ( Witt 98) Stands are pale yellow with freckles in pale lavender; falls are white, dotted and veined lavender. Yellow beards. Slight fragrance. Reported to rebloom on the west coast, but nothing here so far. $6.50.
** LADY EMMA (F. Jones 86) Lovely medium yellow with haft marks on the falls. In the fall, the clump blooms and blooms. Reblooms well in colder climates. $4.00
*RAVE REVIEW (Craig 92) Light lavender with light pinkish red beards. Slight sweet fragrance. No rebloom here so far; but we expect it to rebloom as it has good rebloom reports. $7.00

INTERMEDIATE BEARDED IRIS (IB)

-- 16 to 27 inches. Bloom between the SDBs and the talls. They offer and intermediate size for the middle of the perennial border. Very vigorous and produce many stalks.

Hans and Jacob Sass Medal (SM)-Top award this class.
** means that rebloom is very dependable here every year.
* means that we get occasional rebloom. It may skip some years here or that it is new to our garden and we have not had sufficient time to test it out.

**BLESSED AGAIN (F. Jones 76) Light yellow S.; warm white F. Good cold climate rebloomer with many fall stalks. $4.00
**BONUS (Dennis 71) Yellow S. dotted cinnamon; white F. with wide stitched yellow border. $4.00
BOTTLED SUNSHINE (Nichols 95) This one is very fragrant. Yellow stands; falls white with yellow border and on each side of the gold beards. $4.50
CANDY ROCK (Sutton 00) Stands rose purple; falls imperial purple veined violet; violet blue beard, light violet blue horns. Reblooms California. $6.50
**CHAMPAGNE ENCORE (Aitken 97) White standards; peach fall with orange beards. Excellent rebloom. $7.00

*CONCERTINA (Sutton 00) Amaranth rose with blue beards ending in dark violet horns. $7.00
**CONCOCTION (Byers 91) Mauve-pink with a flush of violet on falls. Starts reblooming early at the garden. $4.50
**CONSTANT COMPANION (Marsh 95) Velvety intense red violet. Beards powder blue, orange in throat. Slight fragrance. $5.00
**ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (H.P. Sass-McDade 33) Classic purple. Strong rebloom. $5.50
**HI (Byers 90) White with chartreuse yellow lines over hafts; bright blue beard with short blue horns. Spicy/sweet fragance. Great rebloomer. $6.00
* HONEY GLAZED (Niswonger 83) Pale cream S.; honey-orange amber F. SM 89 Warm climate rebloomer. $5.00

**I BLESS (Zurbrigg 85) Ivory to creamy yellow. Reblooms early-almost continuous rebloom. $5.00
**LOW HO SILVER (Byers 89) Silvery white; white beard tipped yellow in the throat. Early rebloom and again later with a long period of rebloom. $5.00
**MANY MAHALOS (Aitken 03) Lovely papaya orange with deep orange beards. $9.00.
**MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM (Braumunk 98) Very dark purple. Great Rebloomer. Hans and Jacob Sass Medal 2006 $7.00
ORANGE PETALS(Niswonger 91 Bright orange bitone. We have this planted with BLESSED AGAIN and really like the combination of the two when in bloom $4.00
RARE EDITION (Gatty 80) White ground plicata with mulberry-purple stitched borders. A must have. SM 86 $4.00
RIDDLE (Keppel 92) Ivory cream with yellow hafts; beard tipped flame. $5.00
SEASON TICKET (Gatty 95) Ruffled apricot yellow with orange flush; tanish overlay on falls. $6.00
**SIXTEEN CANDLES (Byers 89) S. blue white to very pale yellow; F. medium yellow. Slight sweet fragrance. $4.50
VINTAGE PRESS (Sutton 99) Apricot with large white spot on falls; lavender beard. Slight sweet fragrance. Does not rebloom for us. Reblooms in California. $5.00
Winter Pearl (Sutton 01) Shell pink with coral beards. Reblooms in Zone 8. $5.00 Border Bearded Iris (BB)
-- 16 to 27 inches. Bloom with the talls. The fourth in the group making up the medians: SDBs, IBs, MTBs and BBs. Shorter and smaller than the Tbs, giving another size to choose from where the TBs are just too large.
Knowlton Medal (KM)-Highest award this class.
** means that rebloom is very dependable here every year.
* means that we get occasional rebloom. It may skip some years here or that it is new to our garden and we have not had sufficient time to test it out.

**LEAH TRADED (B.Miller 90) Orchid-lavender. Very early rebloom. Limited Quantity. $5.00
**LOVE GOES ON (Spoon 04) Ruffled pink stands over lavender falls with cherry red beards. $20.00
**MOUSE (Spoon 97) Butter yellow with falls marked in purple and maroon. $8.00
**OCTOBER SPLENDOR (Sides 97) Ruffled and lightly laced pink with tangerine beard. A great rebloomer starting early for us. $10.00
*PEACH PARASOL (Spoon 97) Peach with falls overlaid orchid; coral b. $8.00
**RIELLE (Spoon 99) Stands white blushed yellow; falls white bordered darker yellow, yellow b. Ruffled. A great rebloomer for us. $8.00
**SOUTHLAND (Sass 34) Dark yellow. Early rebloom. $5.00
** STANZA (Byers 91) Stands white heavily overlaid with light red-violet mottling; falls white with light red-violet edge. Fragrant. Excellent rebloom. $5.00 Arilbred (AB)
- like to be on the dry side in the summer and should be treated much the same as the Bearded Iris with excellent drainage. Sometimes characterized by prominent veining or contrasting signals. We have added several new selections and will add others back to the list as soon as we get our stock replenished. Most are in limited supply so order early.

OGB- less than half aril content.
OGB+ more than half aril content.
C.G. White Medal (CGW) Top award for 1/2 or more Aril.
William Mohr Medal(WM) Top award for 1/4 to 1/2 Aril.

DAGLARI (Rich 73) Standards are light lavender; falls deeper, lightly veined; large dark maroon signal. Bronze beard. $9.00
DESERT CELEBRATION(Flanagan 97) OGB- Light violet stands with golden amber style arms; Falls light golden tan with darker streak entending from brown orange beard. $8.00
JEWEL OF OMAR (Boswell 86) OB- Medium blue with purple base stands; falls lime yellow, maroon brown around violet b. $9.00
Ice blue with small darker spot on falls. $8.00
*ULALENA (Sutton 03) Registered as a dwarf at 13" but is growing a little taller for us here in the garden. Stands are white; falls primrose yellow with a darker yellow signal area and some green gold veining. No rebloom here as yet. More likely to rebloom in warmer zones. $10.00

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