BATIK (Ensminger 1986)
Royal purple flowers irregularly spattered and streaked with white markings, ruffled. Beards light orange. May reach only 60 cm height in very dry and sunny places.
GYPSY SMILE (Nejedlo 2016)
Standards creamy white, slight beige rim, falls black purple, ruffled, white eye and blue rim around prominent fiery red beards. Flowers pleasantly fragrant. Excellent sort recently bred by Czech grower P. Nejedlo.
CHASING RAINBOWS (Hager 1995)
Standards peach pink, purple blended up midrib, falls buff, lavender and blue blend, violet veins, ruffled. Beards tangerine. Fine combination of colors, very suitable for a vase.
FLORENTINA
Flowers of a very faintly bluish shade rather than pure white with some greenish-yellow veining on the haft and a deep yellow beard. Wild species, coming from Italy and Southern Europe. Flowers very pleasantly fragrant!
RING AROUND ROSIE (Ernst 2000)
Standards white, yellow gilt rim, falls white ground, purple sanded pattern with yellow rim. Standards and falls nicely ruffled. Beards yellow and orange. Late flowering season.
TOTAL CHAOS (Maryott 2000)
Standards light rose with irregular white streaking, falls deep smoky maroon, irregular white splashing overall, white blaze with some light maroon veining. Beards yellow, tipped orange. Pronounced sweet fragrance.
CHARLESTON (Keppel 2002)
Standards white with broad blue violet edge, falls white with darker blue edge. Flowers very ruffled and laced. Beards blue white, light yellow in throat.
FLASH OF LIGHT (Johnson T. 2008)
Standards white, hint of blue surround. Falls dark blue, large white blaze around bright gold-yellow beard, very ruffled. Slight sweet fragrance.
HIGH CHAPARRAL (Schreiner 2006)
Standards golden-yellow, ruffled, falls pink-violett with honey shadow around beards lighter eye. Beards yellow-orange. Beautiful, big flowers (15 cm), very ruffled. Very popular.
STILETTOS (Johnson 2009)
Standards laced blue-pink, falls buff pink, slightly darker hafts and edges, laced. Beards orange, elongated to a slender violet horns. Flowers slightly fragrant. Belongs to the Space Age (SA) Group.
TANZANIAN TANGERINE (Kasperek 1995)
Standards deep tangerine, falls tannish orange ground with stippled red wine overlay, ruffled, flared. Beards light orange. Unique color combination, fine sort.
DIPPED IN DOTS (Black 2011)
Standards chalky slate white, greenish gold flush up midrib, wide brassy gold blended band. Falls white, plicata washed mid purple overall becoming heavier toward edges, narrow plum brown band rimmed brass gold. Beards violet white base, tips old gold. Pronounced sweet fragrance.
BY JEEVES (Blyth 2008)
Standards lavender lilac, falls rich violet with lilac edge, heavily veined white pattern around beards, very ruffled. Beards bright tangerine. Pleasant sweet fragrance.
PURE INNOCENCE (Sutton 2006)
Flowers heavily ruffled, white. Standards palest lavender at base. Beards white tipped yellow, elongated to white flounces. Slight sweet fragrance. Height 85 cm. Belongs to the Space Age group.
OH BABE (Anderson 1981)
Standards deep gold, falls white ground with broad band of dark red brown plicata markings, deep gold in center, light brown edge. Beards deep yellow. Healthy growth.
CHEAP FRILLS (Black 2009)
Standards peach orange, darker toward edge, falls white, light cinnamon peach plicata washed and dotted margins and base. Beards dark red-orange. Flowers heavily ruffled and laced, slight sweet fragrance. Strong and vigorous growth.
GRACIOUS CURVES (Blyth 2001)
Standards pure white, falls bright fuchsia magenta to rosy plum with white edge, ruffled. Beards bright tangerine. Slight fragrance.
BEL AVENIR (Cayeux 2008)
Standards soft lemon, more intense at the base, falls cream white with a wide deep blue-violet border, edges waved. Beards orange, edged with yellow. Slight pleasant fragrance of the flowers. Beautiful iris, the best of this combination of colours.
GIRL'S FAVOURITE (Blyth 1995/96)
Medium bright pink self, beards bright coral. Ruffled flowers, vital and healthy growth. Pronounced sweet fragrance.
OUT OF THE DARK (Black 2007)
Standards light buff washed medium purple, falls buff, wide purple plicata band, dotted and sanded inside band; markings heavier over haft, sanded luminata-plicata patch around beard, sanded line down center, ruffled. Beards white tipped burnt orange. Slight spicy fragrance. Height 100 cm.
SPELLBREAKER (Schreiner 1991)
Ruffled standards and falls cranberry violet, lighter around beards, fine violet venation. Beards white, bushy. Big flowers, healthy growth.
ROYAL HARLEQUIN (Blyth 2009)
Standards beige to buff, falls lilac violet overlaid reddish brown, more violet at edge, a small spray pattern around the beards. Beards muted gold. Pronounced sweet fragrance. Strong and nice stem branching.
MIST ARISING (Blyth 2008)
Standards lemon cream, lavender midribs, falls lavender, slightly deeper flash, heavy gold hafts, ruffled. Beards orange, elongated to 3 cm long purple horn. Height 90 cm. Wonderful iris of the Space Age Type.
MANAGUA (Ghio 1994)
Opaque orange self, falls orange, somewhat lighter around beards. Beards shining coral red. One of the best orange iris sorts, recommended.