SINGING IN THE RAIN (Smith, Newton 2002)
Flowers semi-double, pleasantly fragrant. Newly opened flowers appear to be light orange, heavily flushed with pink, some petals have dark pink streaks. Mature flowers salmon to deep yellow. Combination of the two color stages gives the plant a very pretty two-tone effect (click on the photo to see them). Very floriferous, 3-4 buds per stem, 50 flowers in one plant! Flowers are virtually unaffected by heavy rain, thus the name. Plant height 120 cm. Very beautiful, only rarely offered peony, always in high demand. Limited amount of plants.
SMETANA (Blažek 2013)
Standards and style arms cream-white, falls same, signal deep yellow. Fine combination of cream-white and yellow colors. Height of plants 105 cm. Selected by Milan Blažek (Průhonice, ČR) in 2010.
SONOMA ROSY FUTURE
Semi-double, large (15 cm), bright pink flowers with darker pink flares around yellow stamens. Dark green foliage on strong stems, height 130 cm. It is probably the highest sort among Itohs, strongly reminiscent shrub peonies...
SONOMA YEDO (Tolomeo 2010)
Double, huge flowers - up to 25 cm large, deep yellow. Leaves are red when they emerge in spring, later green, bush grow to a height of 80 cm. Fully frost-resistant, the best yellow double-flowered peony. Relatively new, unique and very sought-after...
TEMNÁ NOC (Blažek)
Standards and style arms violet, falls light blue to darker violet blue on edges, signal orange yellow to ochre, prominent violet venation. Fine combination of colors. Height of plants 105 cm. Selected by Milan Blažek (Průhonice, ČR).
THRUSH SONG (Ferguson 1959)
Standards blue-purple, falls blue-purple with a big golden orange signal and slightly ruffled edge. A beautiful steppe iris, growing to a height of 100 to 120 cm. Flower stems are suitable for cutting. Planting in sunny places solitary or as part of perennial beds.
XANTHOSPURIA
Flowers deep yellow to golden yellow. Wild plant coming from Turkey. Only other two wild species of the Spuria group of irises have yellow flowers - I. spuria subsp. halophila and I. crocea. Plant height 80-100 cm, frost resistant in Czech Republic.
ZLATÁ ZÁŘE (Blažek 2013)
Flowers deep yellow Height of plants135 cm. Fine and healthy growth, profuse flowering. Selected by Milan Blažek (Průhonice, ČR) in 1993.
