Schreiner's Gardens

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One grasp of this burly three-pronged cultivator will leave no doubt that it has been hand-forged. With the strength capable of cultivating the hardest of soils, the three-tine cultivator measures 12in length, with a 5in handle.

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A versatile tool that belies its simple aesthetic, this dividing spade can handle any number of garden tasks. With a sharpened spear of 6in the dividing spade is ideally suited for dividing both your iris and daylilies. The dividing spade measures 16in length, with a 5in handle.

$38.00

An ideal tool for taking out deeply rooted weeds, this hand hoe can also be used to break-up hardened soil in preparation of planting. The hand hoe measures in length, with a 3in blade and 5in handle.

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An indispensable tool for any gardener, this sturdy, hand-forged trowel is sure to make quick work of any iris or daylilies in need of planting. The trowel measures 16 in length, with a 6" spear and 5" handle.

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Schreiner's Gardens offers a low-Nitrogen fertilizer specially formulated for growing Iris. Apply one month before and one month after bloom. Planting new Iris or dividing your existing Iris beds this summer? Give these newly planted rhizomes a boost with our 6-10-10 Controlled-Release Iris Food. The 4-lb bag typically covers approximately 100 newly planted Iris when applied as directed. See our pages on How to Grow Iris for more details on caring for all your Bearded Iris.

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NEW! Ships Now! Enhance your garden with a lovely perennial that works in beautiful harmony as a companion plant to Bearded Iris. Lupine are lovely as a cut flower and attract birds, butterflies, and bees to your garden. Lupine seeds can be planted in early spring or fall. Some gardeners choose fall sowing for colorful blooms the following spring. Plant in full to partial sun. Height: 36" - 48" Planting time: Spring or Fall USDA Zone: 4-9 2 gram package (Approximately 100 mixed seeds.)

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Schreiner's Gardens offers a low-Nitrogen fertilizer specially formulated for growing Iris. Apply one month before and one month after bloom. Planting new Iris or dividing your existing Iris beds this summer? Give these newly planted rhizomes a boost with our 6-10-10 Controlled-Release Iris Food. The 1-lb bag typically covers approximately 25 newly planted Iris when applied as directed. Ships free! See our pages on How to Grow Iris for more details on caring for all your Bearded Iris.

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This comprehensive book, autographed by the author, Kevin Vaughn, gives all the information you need to choose, grow, and appreciate the wonders that are Dwarf and Median Bearded Iris! Topics range from basic planting information to help beginners, to the essential hybridizing details to assist horticulturists. ?? 2022 by Kevin C. Vaughn Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 143 pages, hard cover, 7.5" x 10.25"

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The Tall Bearded Iris Shadowed Light presents a pleasing blend of yellow and tan, reminiscent of a khaki corduroy sport coat. Its standards display a tannish yellow hue, while the falls are a deeper topaz light brown. Distinct venation and bright orange beards provide striking accents to this elegant combination.

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Is that a fuse I hear burning? Its a red-tinged purple with a pleasing network of veining in translucent standards. The upper falls are attractively dotted, with the color solidifying at the bottom. A reblooming and early blooming beauty. A bouquet of Autumn Explosion is far too noisy to bring indoors; Fragrant.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Producing a retinal buzz, Sew Little Time checks all the boxes. The varying color intensity of the lavender standards is simply enthralling. No artist could surpass it. Well, not so fast. The hugely popular hobby of quilting produces talented artists who can stitch the most precise iris pattern. Globular brilliant violet falls support pulse quickening white starbursts. You don't just walk by. The contrasting colors of the lighter standards and darker falls, is deeply satisfying. Adding punctuation are white- tipped beards and medial lines. Some of our dearest, sentimental possessions are heirloom quilted works that have been passed down through generations.

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The Tall Bearded Iris Mendacity displays standards with a yellow-green tint and subtle mauve veining. Its falls are violet-washed, becoming darker toward the edges with lighter veining throughout. The beards are a bright yellow, adding vivid contrast. This early bloomer produces 7 buds per stalk.

$15.50

The epitome of a thoroughly modern bearded iris. When compatible and vivid colors come together, the phrase must have slips from lips. Could the falls be wider? Yellow-orange standards and dark ruby-red banding around the falls focus attention on the magnetic sunshine-infused cream centers.

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Chess, and growing iris, can be enjoyed at any age. King's Gambit is nothing if not exuberant! The fragrance is intoxicating, with up to 9 flowers per stem, and boasting real substance. See in our photo, its incomparable form. Gold dramatically limns shapely standards. Wide circular falls capture the viewer with their plush purple color, lightening on the perimeter. 50 years ago our 1972 Catalog had no purple amoena (purple falls, light standards) with such pristine white standards. Today, the contrast between the dark falls and the immaculate standards is breathtaking.

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The Tall Bearded Iris Gentle Manner offers a bouquet perfect for various occasions. Its soft yellow standards and pale cream falls, both with a touch of lavender, create a calming presence that can gently soften the atmosphere in any space.

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Tall Bearded Iris: S. pastel opal-orchid lavender; F. blended lavender; ruffled & laced; beards white; sweet fragrance.

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Tall Bearded Iris: When the beehives are active, and the bees are busy coming and going, there is a palpable feeling of excitement. Kind of early in bloom season, Elderberry Mead' s buds begin to unfold. Exceptional bloom habits yield eight, nine to ten flowers on each bloom stalk. Suddenly your eyes implore, What's the hurry? Tarry awhile. - Inhale the lovely standards and notice their wire-thin edging. The falls' pristine spray patterns inject a gigawatt of personality. This latest version of the classic variegata creates a commotion in the garden. Beekeeping. Our Tall Bearded Naming Contest winner is Aerie C. My husband is a beekeeper and crafts mead, using our honey, and fruits from our orchard. The standards are honey-colored, and the falls as dark as elderberries.

$15.50

Tall Bearded Iris: Collusion has never looked so justified! The lavender-blue standards of this lively reverse amoena conspire with the waxed yellow falls to create an irresistible display. Originally introduced by Keith Keppel, Collusion blooms early midseason.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Mesmerizing beams of magenta highlight the midribs on this dark top. Wide, flaring buff-apricot falls appear ready for liftoff; beards carnelian red. Color Capers transforms apricot into a primary color.

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Billowing ruffles add a sense of extravagance to this plicata amoena. Tranquil apricot standards create an evocative harmony. Adding the perfect counterpoint are the falls - flaring away with a wide fuchsia band around the white, sunshine -infused ground, beards red. A bewitching party iris.

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Lavender on white plicata. Standards and falls tightly curled under. First collected in 1612.

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Finely coiffed and beautifully tailored, You Grow Girl is splendiferous! What a dramatic chromatic contrast - 3 colors meshing glamorously. Perfectly chiseled alabaster standards feature whisps of lavender, along with permeations of shell pink. Achingly pretty blue-purple falls present 3 very conspicuous orange beards. There have been many distinguished female iris hybridizers. Just a few, without whom the Iris World would be a vastly diminished landscape. Grace Sturtevant, Bee Warburton, Clara Rees, Agnes Whiting, Georgia Hinkle, Neva Sexton, Melba Hamblen, Jean Stevens, Georgia Guild, Alta Brown, Opal Brown, Heather Pryor, Marky Smith, and Lynda Miller.

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Tall Bearded Iris : Wonders Never Cease is blessed with great exuberance, excellent ruffled and flared form, and a slight, sweet fragrance. Creamed standards are dramatically rimmed gold. Yellow-tipped beards rest atwixt rose- veined falls, which change to a warm center, ending with a darker wash. Early bloomer.

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Tall Bearded Iris: A bold white ray pattern creates a striking contrast with the rich plum color of the falls, accentuated by the bright tangerine beards. A thin pink edge highlights the gentle ruffles of the falls. With these fabulous flowers, good growth and strong stems (each yielding 7-9 double-socketed buds) Wench has won quick recognition.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Hybridizer Keith Keppel writes, "Think desert red sandstone cliffs, looking through a natural arch onto white sand, with golden sunbeams coming down. Whoever said it was only the plicata markings that can vary? So can the pattern of the ground color! About 7 - 9 buds."

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Tall Bearded Iris: Not large and boisterous, Vigilante nonetheless makes a powerful statement in the garden. Its flaring and ruffled falls are smoothly colored in an extremely deep black-maroon. Buttercup-caramel colored standards offer a splash of yellow. Superb stems display 8-13 flowers each from double- and triple-socketed buds. CLICK HERE TO SHOP ALL BEARDED IRIS

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Tall Bearded Iris: Vintage Charm's warm colors - sunshine yellow and plum red - stimulate. "Look at me" they implore. Yes, it's the familiar red and yellow variegata updated to 2018. Conspicuous buff undersides of the falls, along with the undulating border, both add dimension and reply, "I hope it's not rude to stare." As illustrated in our photo, balance and proportion are satisfying. The contrast between the falls and standards is sharp. Falls boldly flare. Vintage Charm flaunts 2-3 branched stems, each displaying 8 big flowers.

$9.25

Vicar's reigning glory takes second place to none. This refreshing hyacinth violet self has a striking iridescence. Each colossal 4 1/4" x 7" ruffled flower is bold but not a bully. Such finely sculpted form is undoubtedly inherited from its pod parent Swingtown . Look closely at our photo and note how the darker blue-purple beards enhance its allure. Three-branched stems consistently give 8 to 10 buds per stalk.

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Tall Bearded Iris: This fresh light blue self's ruffled petals seem to cascade at random. In the center of each fresh light blue fall is a "signal patch" of white, highlighting the flowers white beards. The three main branches and two spurs often produce up to 14 flowers! Another bonus of this lovely blue Iris is the tendency to bloom again in the fall.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Dazzling red falls are the focal point of this red bitone with good growth habits. The standards are bronze red, the same color as a 1/4" edging on the falls. Lending personality is an attractive yellow flush up the midribs, as show in our photo. Valentino has a fetching scent, fine form and branching.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Vested Interest reminds us of our ever popular First Interstate . Distinguishing our current offering is the pristine white apron on the fall, akin to a baseball diamond. The right angle exhorts, Let's play! You'll want to play too when you see the big, colorful white-emblazoned, cadmium yellow beauty. Shapely standards are saturated yellow down to the style arms. See in our photo how orange beards introduce a third color. Fragrant with 3 branches and 8 buds on a stem, this color combination gladdens the heart, like going home. You'll lose all ambivalence once you see Vested Interest .

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Tall Bearded Iris: Undercurrent's dulcet colors strike a tantalizing chromatic chord. The light peach color of its standards is repeated as the color of a large blaze at the center of its muted heliotrope falls. An alluring sweet fragrance and firecracker red beards amplify the allure of this charmer, from the cross of Prince George X Rio .

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Tall Bearded Iris: Is its color gilded gold? Amber Yellow? Or is it cadmium orange? The answer is all three and more. Here we have a radiant non-fading mellifluous color that varies in hue like a fall sunset as seen from Tumalo Falls in Central Oregon. The slightly ruffled flowers are average sized, crisply held and have good substance. Its most striking feature is the brilliant tangerine beards that literally glow as shown in our picture. .

$9.25

From the hybridizer of Dykes Medal winner Drama Queen , comes an even more fiery red plicata. Sunshine yellow overlays the falls and slightly permeates the standards in a most captivating manner. As the photo illustrates, Tuscan Summer' s excellent substance is borne out by the fantastic flaring falls.

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Unsurprisingly Triple Take does demand several looks. Strongly defined falls beneath the subtle airiness of the standards make it a study in contrasts. The brilliant white ground of the falls is encircled in dark plum. Noble standards are characterized by a pure whiteness, and a most delicate lavender delineation. The center of the falls is lighter with a pansy-purple netting. Cadmium orange beards provide a highlight, injecting a new tone, along with caramel hafts. Triple Take' s strong stems open 8 buds per stalk.

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To Wander is a tall bearded iris that invites exploration with its unique and vibrant appearance. Its ruffled standards blend pistachio and lemon yellow hues, while the falls flare outward like flags, overlapping gracefully. Almond-colored starbursts give rise to flowing bishop purple lines that cascade down the falls. Bright orange beards highlight the lively upper falls, and the curled ends of the falls echo the shape of the standards. This floriferous and fragrant iris offers a captivating display, making visits to the Display Garden during bloom season especially rewarding.

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The mustard yellow color of Toucan Tango's petals lightens to cream at their centers. Variable violet-purple streaks randomly cover the slightly ruffled petals. This broken-colored beauty is gifted with a slight fragrance and a strong growth habit.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Total Recall's delicate coloring totally belies its incredible bloom habit. This tinted pearly white Iris blooms well each spring. Its crowning distinction is that it strongly blooms a second time throughout the summer and fall. It has a vigorous growth habit to match its effusive bloom habit.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Absolutely uniform dark violet coloring and large-sized flowers mark Titan's Glory as one of the best Iris in its color class. The flowers of this superb Iris measure 6" tall and a full 5" across. Double-socketed bracts, three to four branches with 8 buds give a long bloom season. A vigorous grower in all climates.

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This hybridizer gained recognition for his work with wildly imaginative color patterns. See for yourself, Tiger Honey is one of his best. Its butterscotch standards are randomly streaked in golden yellow. Its lightly laced and ruffled flaring falls are fabulously striped in streaks and blotches of mustard yellow, tan and white. Not to be overlooked is its strong growth.

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Tall Bearded Iris: For all those flowers that would kill to have some blue in them, Tillamook Bay proudly flaunts its chromatic magnetism atop 37" stalks. This blue amoena's snow-white standards are nonpareil, with a deft touch of blue on the style arms. Subtle rays radiating outward energize the satisfyingly opulent deep blue falls. A slight upturn on the lavender-edged falls provides a nice bit of lan. Anchoring the yellow ground with brown hash marks are pale yellow upturned beards. Robust plant health insures erect stems with 8 buds, as well as strong growth habits. Five rivers gather to form the second largest bay on the Oregon Coast, Tillamook Bay.

$24.00

Tall Bearded Iris: What is a Thorn? No, not that thorn! Oregonians know. It's a member of Portland's Championship Women's Soccer Team, the Thorns. How does the moniker Thorn fit our 31-inch tall introduction? Just as a Thorn, e.g., Christine Sinclair, demonstrates grace and fluidity in constant motion, a similar experience awaits your first encounter with our winning violet amoena. It resembles a kaleidoscopic game in motion, with a hall of mirrors effect. Everywhere you look, there's highlighting, winsome edging, perfect form and proportion, dramatic lighting and absolutely delicious colors - plush violet falls, and hazy light blue standards adorned with gold. As in a swirling soccer match, there are so many additional places to look: perfectly staged style arms, centerpoint picturesque pollen and hot, hot orange beards.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Note Thornbird's dark violet horns extending an inch or more from the beards. Like talons, they create an appealing contrast to the flower's delicate shadings. These ecru and greenish tan shades are lighter in the standards and darker in the falls. A prolific bloomer, Thornbird often yields more than one stem per rhizome.

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That's All Folks , the popular hybridizer's final introduction, produces giant brilliant golden flowers with ruffled and laced form. Its white falls are bordered and washed with this same bright gold of the standards.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Orange is one of about seven keystone iris colors, the lack of which will leave a glaring hole in any garden. Could you really pass on this glowing ember? The water droplets, as shown in our photo won't last long on this sizzling orange bitone. Closed marigold orange standards rest upon heavily saturated persimmon orange falls, making for a deeply satisfying visual experience. Imagine a quiet, early morning stroll in your garden, and beholding Tapatio for the first time. Henceforth, coffee would be unnecessary.

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Tall Bearded Iris: You'll be dazzled by Tempting Fate 's stunning color contrast. This almost black amoena's arched pale blue-violet standards are a sharp counterpoint to the lush purple-black of the ruffled falls. One of the most exciting additions to the dark neglecta color class. Vigorous growth is a bonus.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Rich plum-burgundy plicata markings create a sharp contrast with the clean snow white grounds on Tennison Ridge's falls. These ruffled and flaring flowers are produced in abundance: three to four branches with 7-10 buds, many triple-socketed.

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Tango Amigo is both a new look and strikingly gorgeous. Few new iris earn this label. An outstanding ecru amoena, as illustrated in our photo. Ideal flower form, ruffly, heavily substanced petals, and the delicious blending of bronze and gold in the falls, not to omit hypnotic webbing - guarantees they'll be dancing.

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Tall Bearded Iris: This refreshing mulberry-claret self is number one on the Iris hit parade. Its exquisitely ruffled petals, impeccable flower form and sweet lavender fragrance make it perfection indeed. Swingtown is a prolific bloomer with ramrod-stiff stems that produce three branches and 7-9 buds.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Blooming very early in the season, Table for Two will usher in your bloom season. This distinctive bitone's color and solidity suggest strength and masculinity. Its tawny standards become violet (not violent) at the midribs. Strongly ruffled falls are black-red. A yellow beard makes itself comfortable in a white star blaze. Table for Two has excellent substance, 3 spurs and has 8 buds on a stalk. Right this way, please.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Standards coral-pink; falls soft pink with rosy lavender overlay deepening towards hafts; beards vivid coral; pronounced sweet fragrance.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Although Swept Off My Feet does not stand as tall as some at 32 inches, its garden impact is unequivocal. The soft orchid standards are rounded and well proportioned. The falls are rounded as well, and have a clean, modest border. The color on the band of this tastefully restrained rosy plicata is slightly deeper than the standards. Large orange beards enhance the alluring white falls, making this early-blooming and reblooming Iris a timeless addition to your garden.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Allow Sun Shine In' s warmth to envelop you, with its comforting embrace. Lovely lemon yellow standards wonderfully complement the softer falls, with their pale, almost white centers, as you see in our photo. Sun Shine In will reward you with plenty of branches and buds.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Sunshine State chills in the garden with its pure and clean vibe. Extremely well-formed standards are uniformly lemon yellow. White falls are wide, pleated on the edges and encircled with a softer tone. We've seen this bitone color combination before, but never better than Sunshine State . The heart of the beard is orange as our photo illustrates. We West Coasters immediately think California when we hear the term, Sunshine State, but it's Florida's nickname. Our very own Sunshine State can be just as warm and enticing.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Held on tall ramrod-stiff stems, these gargantuan 7 1/2" x 5" flowers are the largest Iris we know. This flamboyant variegata has arched golden ochre standards and solid rich mahogany-red falls. 8-9 buds are displayed on extra-sturdy three-branched stems. Boldness in size, color and habit distinguish Supreme Sultan .

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Tall Bearded Iris: Sunrise Splendor 's standards are pure white and well-formed. Gold imbues the base of the standards as well as the midribs. The rounded falls white ground has gold-embossed shoulders and a soul-stirring purple which flows outward from the fat bright orange beard. Note the rim of the petals: the standards feature a pencil thin gilt line, and the falls a wider amber border. 400 years ago Carolus Clusius wrote the colors of iris vary in a wonderful way. If he'd seen this offering, he might have said, The kids got into the paints again. It's hard to take your eyes off of it.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Sun Devil invokes the thrill and excitement of an Arizona State championship game. Its form is compact and excellently proportioned. Dusky yellow standards tuck in perfectly. Burgundy falls feature a fine yellow outer rim, consistent with the standards. Amidst the white spray pattern, the ochre beards glow. As shown in our photo, Sun Devil , sporting 7-8 buds per stem, and flaring falls, will energize your garden.

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See in our photo the eye-catching chartreuse yellow starburst, and how it permeates the wisteria purple-wash falls. A tawny, sinuous edging encircles broad falls on this statuesque bicolor. Exuberant well-formed standards are the same color as the starburst. Fragrant and well-branched with plenty of buds, Sunny Glitter displays shining evidence of its enduring ancestor Jazz Solo .

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Tall Bearded Iris: This deep wisteria blue self is well known for its consistent reblooming habit even in the colder climates. As another bonus, Sugar Blues has a pronounced sweet fragrance. The tailored flowers have modern appearance. Excellent rebloomer!

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Tall Bearded Iris: We recommend Summer Olympics on the strength of its outstanding bloom habits. These ruffled lime yellow flowers are among the first to bloom in the spring, then they dependably bloom again throughout the summer! See how the centers of the falls pale to white around the self beards creating a yellow bitone effect. Slight sweet fragrance.

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Tall Bearded Iris: With soft, inviting colors and a compelling sweet fragrance, this bright orient pink amoena, a rebloomer, greatly enhances the beauty of any garden. The white standards are flushed pink, while the falls curl temptingly, and the mandarin red beards add the perfect final touch.

$22.00

Fresh from the fashion boardwalk, this richly nuanced trendsetter exhibits evocative color shifts. Lovely lemon cream standards are more deeply tinted on the sturdy midribs. Blended violet falls feature outwardly radiating lines, reminiscent of a stone tossed in a pond. Steel gray borders meander around the edges of the falls. A white zonal spot straddles an orange beard. A real head turner.

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Tall Bearded Iris: A rich violet and white plicata, strikingly picoteed. The snowy ground color has a handsome glossy sheen, while the rich pansy-violet margining has a stylish ruffling that greatly enhances the beauty of the flower. The large blooms, held aloft with regal carriage and ideal, four-way branching, create a stunningly beautiful clump.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Stellar Lights has a stately presence because of the patch of sparkling white at the centers of the falls around the white beards. What contrast with the deep blue-purple color of the petals! These classically formed blooms are presented on show-bench stems bearing 8-10 buds each. A vigorous grower and prolific bloomer.

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Tall Bearded Iris: When have these 2 colors - orange and purple - embodied more magnetism and allure? A stunning luminata inspiring dreams of pleasures in the South Pacific. Hybridizer Keith Keppel writes, "Easy growth and extravagant bloom."

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Tall Bearded Iris: Society Page's poised elegantly ruffled and laced flowers are delicately shaded in pale pink. Note in our photo how this subdued pink color deepens at the centers of the flowers.

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Solid colors deliver an intense garden pleasure. A luminous lavender self, with an eye-catching bright, orange beard, Snappy Dresser is compatible with any garden color scheme. Competing colors have the right to cry no fair. Aside from the light crest of the falls, the rest of Snappy Dresser is solid lavender. Hazelnut hafts bring a pleasing bridge hue, connecting the lavender with orange beards. Note in our photograph the lustrous colors of this remarkable pastel introduction. Snappy Dresser shamelessly flaunts it!

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Tall Bearded Iris: The only thing better than Smith Rock is a clump of Smith Rock . Or a drift of Smith Rock , curving down a hillside. The colors are exciting! Apricot-orange standards and rich burgundy falls come with a warning. Manners may be temporarily set aside, as spectators elbow for a better view of this 37-inch beauty. The orange hues in the standards along with the splash of colors in the falls give Smith Rock an explosive personality. Blue purple centers, red, burgundy and a quarter inch buff border deliver the goods. Absolutely tantalizing. The best has been saved for last - giant red-orange beards, as red as the rock face of hills for which this stunner was named. Smith Rock State Park, located in the high desert of eastern Oregon, is said to be the birthplace of American sport climbing.

$10.00

This Slovakian import has quickly attracted attention with its remarkable color. Its white standards are lightly shaded with orchid-lavender and edged with fine 1/8" gold rim. Slovak Prince's grape-purple falls are washed with inviting violet tones and have distinctive white veining at the hafts. A slight sweet fragrance enhances the appeal.

$9.00

Tall Bearded Iris: This cool blue-white self dances with artistic flare. Silverado 's broad and heavily substanced petals are lavishly ruffled. Tall sturdy stems superbly display 8-9 buds on two nicely spaced branches.

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Tall Bearded Iris: Our empress could not resist the allure of Silken Trim's rich claret and violet adorning her robes. Tantalizing enfolding standards are wine colored, as are the trimmed fringes of the fine, silky violet falls. The result - a distinctive specimen for the discerning collector. The large flowers come with 2 branches and double-socketed buds. Complement your garden wardrobe with the addition of this magisterial wonder.

$14.00

Tall Bearded Iris : Sharp Dressed Man stands out in the garden. A passing gaze fixes on it. The combination of the smooth black violet falls, and the extremely attractive purple standards spells infatuation! Monster bright orange beards provide brilliant contrast. Show stalks. Sweet fragrance.

$10.00

The irrepressible personality of this spirited blend is infectious. Tall and well-branched, Side Lines streaked carnal colors suggest the excitement of the arena. See in our picture how Act 1 with Side Line is a golden wheat self. Act 2 grenadine red lightly suffuses the standards while it's much more heavily applied on the flaring falls, where a pronounced medial stripe bisects the petal. Add this luminary to your garden roster. Blends are an important color in the garden, grounding and completing the palette.

$22.00

Tall Bearded Iris: It's not necessary to squint to see the attractive reddish hafts on the darker lavender Sequim (pronounced Skwim). A lavender hue uniformly saturates this late bloomer. See how a near white sinuous line embroiders the petals. Extravagant ruffles, beards lavender in front and red in the rear, 7 to 12 flowers on a stalk - all artfully come into play in this matchless variety. Sequim is the namesake of Sequim, Washington, a city located at the base of the Olympic Mountains, and the lavender capitol of the U.S. Kickstart your garden with a squinch of Sequim.

$18.00

Tall Bearded Iris: Serving Wench is a beautifully alluring bicolor. The standards and style arms are a medium pink. The rich plum-purple falls have fine white lines radiating from the tangerine beards, making them pop. What can't be seen in our photo above is its musky fragrance.

$12.50

Seward is the equivalent of wearing your finest Chesterfield coat with the fur collar. Our photo accurately sets forth its bouncy, billowing ruffles. Revel in the graceful blue standards and agreeably edged purple falls. Here we have perfectly classical flower form. Adding another dimension, along with the meandering border on the falls, are the unmistakable lavender undersides. Nicely complementing this lush bitone are healthy orange beards. Large flowers and a pleasant fragrance add to the resplendent display of this very late bloomer. Seward is suggestive of cool mountain water, aptly named after the city in Southeast Alaska, known for some of the worlds best fishing. Proud parents are Fame and Glory and Louisa's Song .

$22.00

Tall Bearded Iris: Standing 39" tall Señor Jinx produces 7 well-formed blossoms on ramrod stiff, 3-branched stems. Inheriting its remarkable color from its illustrious parent, Here Comes the Night , Señor Jinx has the propensity to startle in the garden. Prominent yellow beards are the focal point. The coal black color permeates the shiny petals, including shoulders and style arms. Bouncy ruffles, as seen in our photo, add to its mystique. Señor Jinx is named for our beloved feline friend, the appropriately named Senor Jinx, who was the victim of an untimely demise.

$9.00

Seawash is a descendant and an improvement of our popular Alsea Falls . Suggestive of a brilliant sunset over the seas, with white clouds towering above, Seawash will hold your gaze. Robust stems dependably have 4 branches with 8 buds. The white starburst, with gold highlights above, washes into the falls' capri blue periphery. This winner will absolutely dazzle.

$10.00

Tall Bearded Iris : Sea of Love contributes to advances made in the lavender-blue reverse amoena category. A paler version of Crowned Heads , its understated poise with icy-white lavender petals provides irresistible appeal as does its pronounced sweet fragrance. See its finely sculpted, pleated and enticing form pictured here. With a bow to its namesake, the R & B hit of the 50's, this one also has what it takes.

$18.00

Tall Bearded Iris: Surely a tall bearded Iris with cream standards and violet falls is a perennial favorite in the Iris world. The plush deep richness of the ruby plum falls is magnetic, made even more attractive by the thin meandering lavender border. Notice in our photo how both the falls and standards have a uniform rounded quality. Blooming late in the season, Sasparilla produces 8 buds per stem, is a robust grower and also fragrant. Just as its namesake was used for treating maladies, a moment or two spent appreciating our Sasparilla will restore a dollop of sanity.

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Tall Bearded Iris: This dark reddish violet self, a child of Dyke's Medalist Titan's Glory , offers great growth and bloom habits. Its moderately sized flowers have a slight ruffle and are completely saturated in dark reddish purple. Enjoy their sweet fragrance in the spring and then again in the summer and fall.

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Tall Bearded Iris : Rock Star's ruffled pale apricot falls are heavily banded and overlaid with rich raspberry-rose plicata markings, the same color of the standards. Because of its shorter stature, plant near the front of your border for maximum impact.

$20.00

The colors of the standards meld beautifully together - pink and violet. The standards and falls couldn't be more different, you see, making it well-named. Ecru, rosy beige hafts on the falls descend to oyster, and amber white punctuated by burnt sienna beards. The hybridizer of this alluring beauty, Keith Keppel, writes Excellent marks for increase, branching and buds with long bloom season."

$10.00

Progress in breeding a true red Iris has been slow. Here is a velvety wine-crimson red that is a glorified derivative of Oh Jamaica and Saturday Night Live . Each stalk yields 8-9 double-socketed buds, thereby providing us with a long extended bloom season. Notice also how the old gold beard glistens against the plushy sheen of the broad haft. Connoisseurs of form, color and style will appreciate this luxuriously iridescent creation.

$14.00

Red Dirt Road , except for a little bitty gold at the rear of the beard, is red all over. Here is a big red, with very large burnt ocher blossoms on 41" tall stems. The velvet substance and smooth texture make this child of Red Hot Lover , distinctively appealing. Falls triumphantly flare along with the color saturation, reminding us of Brooks & Dunn's hit, Out where the blacktop ends.

$10.00

Looking forward is always about inspiration. This jet-black self comes to you from our sixty-three year line of dark breeding dating back to Black Forest . We crossed our ever-popular Ghost Train X Emperor's Delight to produce this swarthy wonder. Delightful bouncy ruffles grace the petals. Each stem yields a magnificent 8-12 buds on three branches plus a spur.

$14.00

Reckless Abandon breaks new ground in its variegated class. The novelty is in the standards, leaving behind a solid color. Cream standards blend to light yellow on the edge and midribs. Dandelion crests add a lustrous flash. Broad black-burgundy falls are overlaid with a gaudy white and gold sunburst. Excellent branching, carrying up to 12 buds.

$14.00

Rasputin, revered for its mystical presence and captivating contrast in color. What more could one ask for in an iris? The superlatives keep coming: exquisite form and proportion, an absolutely gorgeous combination of colors - pale orange standards and purple/red falls, wonderful ruffling, broad, upturned falls and a diabolically orange beard.

$9.00

While all "green Iris" are in reality a greenish shade of yellow, this Iris ranks at the top rung of the light-green Iris. A touch of deeper green runs up the underside of the falls.

$10.00

This diadem will absolutely dazzle you with its stunning contrast of color magic. Note how the crystalline white ground color is precisely stitched with a 1/4 to 1/2 inch plicata edge of dusky cyanine blue-violet. Each well-branched stalk sports 7 to 9 large six-inch flowers with a slight ruffle on their edges. Add the crowning touch of sparkling diamond-like beards tipped lemon yellow and we have perfection indeed. Named to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the world-renowned Presby Memorial Iris Gardens in Montclair, New Jersey.

$12.50

Polite Applau s e style arms ineffably reflect the becoming pastels of the falls. Very pale pink curlicued standards mutually enhance corrugated falls. Glowing tangerine beards illuminate the soft, purple - edged falls. Give it a hand.

$10.00

This bright clean variegata's ebullient personality shines as shown in our photo. The bright lemon yellow color of Pirate Ahoy's standards splendidly contrasts the blackish cherry of its ruffled falls. A dazzling yellow starburst pattern at the centers of the falls showcases the prominent bright gold beards.

$9.00

We crossed Golden Ecstasy X Peach Bisque to produce this luminously glowing empire yellow self. Its round 4" x 4" flaring petals have copiously ruffled and serrated edges. Tall thick stems easily support 9-11 triple-socketed buds.

$12.00

Sixty-five years ago, our pink breeding lines began to branch off into lavender iris, resulting in popular favorites such as Grand Waltz and Amethyst Flame . Compared to the above familiar solid lavender color, Pickathon is an attractive exemplar of the steady evolution in the nuances of this class. Gentle lavender standards are feathered magenta, making for a delightful contrast with the more emphatic overlay on the falls. Fuchsia-red hafts balance gold - tipped beards. A lovely watercolor wash on the sculpted falls, combined with glimpses of gold in the shadows, spurs the viewer to pull up a chair. Pickathon takes its name from a music festival near Portland, Oregon.

$18.00

Petalpalooza more than lives up to its festive and merry name! The colors coming together in this perfectly formed, fragrant bombshell will lift you right off your feet. Note how the cup-shaped falls tantalizingly intermix blue and purple and how both of these colors lighten and darken. Vertical midrib highlighting in the peach cream standards continues the purple motif into the standards. Orange beards glow like lit fuses. Healthy growing rhizomes with 7 buds per stalk.

$10.00

Penny Lane's tall stalks give the large bright orange flowers a commanding garden presence. The warm orange color totally saturates the ruffled petals. A sweet aroma invites a closer look.

$12.50

Your search for a color that complements so many other colors in the garden, your unconscious pining for a dreamy blend of shimmering apricot - has finally come to fruition in our Peach State . A study in simplicity, Peach State , as shown in our photo has salmon pink, gracefully rising standards. Heavily crinkled falls bring a deeper apricot fringe, and warm sunshine splashed hafts. This fragrant looker's orange beard rests atop a white thumbprint with lovely defined venations streaming outward. Georgia, the home of our dearly departed friends Gibby and Satt Satterfield, boasts the most flavorful peaches. Allow this southern charmer to work its wonders. You'll discover it is as sweet as a Georgia Peach.

$13.50

Passion For Fashion is an outstanding Iris. The coloration presents irresistible charm. It has slightly open, pale peach standards. Wavy magenta rose falls, lightening to lavender on the edges, flare attractively. Spikes reach 35" and are well-branched with 8 flowers. A bright orange beard adds zest to this late-blooming chic model. Besides having good growth habits and increase, Passion For Fashion has illustrious parents Cherry Blossom Song and Brazilian Holiday . AND, it is not necessary to drive to the Mall for this latest Fashion.

$16.00

Outer Banks is a tall bearded iris distinguished by its striking bi-tone coloration, belonging to the purple-washed amoena class. Its tall stature and boldly flaring falls create a dramatic presence best appreciated in person, as photographs often fail to capture their full effect. The starch-white standards are somewhat closed, while the flowers vibrant ruffles add dynamic texture. A purple wash extends toward the falls edges, which are softly trimmed with a quarter-inch lavender border. The flowers interior glows with gold, highlighted by gold style arms, beards, and hafts, giving Outer Banks a captivating charm. Named after the historic islands off North Carolinas coast, this iris reflects their natural beauty and timeless appeal.

$18.00

As the famed hybridizer Joe Ghio himself says, "This is more than the other side of heaven, It is heaven itself." Gorgeous pastel pink with the falls a bit creamier than the standards. Beautiful round Ghio form with bubble ruffling, show branch stems. This makes all those prayers worth it! And as Dizzy Dean said, "If you can DO it, it ain't braggin." Joe can do it.