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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. An excellent rebloomer for us 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

**DOUBLE YOUR FUN (Aitken ) White standards over soft yellow falls. $7.00

**ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (H.P. Sass-McDade 33) Classic purple. Strong rebloom. $5.50

**FAST FORWARD (Aitken 02) Lavender blue stands with soft yellow falls. $8.00

**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. Bright orange beards. $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 lavender beard. Slight sweet fragrance. Does not rebloom for us. Reblooms in California. $5.00

Winter Pearl (Sutton 01) Shell pink with coral beards. Has not rebloomed for us. Reblooms in Zone 8. $5.00

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