Height 36" - late season
standards buff to flesh pink - Style arms flesh pink - Falls rose orchid, washed darker in center around beard and near edge - Beards tangerine - Sweet fragrance
Honorable Mention, 2021
Ghio, 2011
Height 34" - Early to mid to late season - Standards champagne gold - Style arms champagne - Falls white, wide rose-orchid band - Beards yellow, bushy
Award of Merit, 2015
Ghio, 1994 - Height 42" - early to mid season - Arched standards are a rich black cherry color - Falls are orange salmon ground, dotted with a heavy overlay of black cherry banding and stitching - Beards sienna
Honorable Mention, 1996 - Award of Merit, 1998
Standards and style arms yellow - Falls pastel purple, red-brown radiating from hafts to all around edge forming wide band - Beards purple tipped red-brown - Slight sweet fragrance
Ben Hager, 2001 - Height 37" - early to mid season - Standards blue with violet cast, darker midribs - Style arms pale blue to white - Falls clean white - Beards yellow tipped blue - Heavy substance - 7 buds on 3 branches
Lauer, 1998 - Height 36" - mid to late season - Standards and style arms reddish brown - Falls purplish lavender with reddish brown rim and brown shoulders - Beards mustard tipped purple - Slight sweet fragrance
Keppel, 2013
Height 35" - Mid
Standards mauve, chrome lemon edge, brighter and darker at base - Style arms pinard yellow lightly infused lavender, lip lavender and white - Falls prunella to canterbury violet, narrowchartreuse yellow edge, white heart extending to tip of beard, hafts dandelion, - Beards cadmium yellow in middle, cream at ends
Honorable Mention, 2015 - Award of Merit, 2019
Black, 2017
Height 40" - early to mid season - Standards mid ruby, darker towards top, lighter peach ruby lower outer edge - Style arms violet-brown, mid gold edge - Falls plush black-cherry, near black veins, ivory veins over haft and near beard, 1/8" translucent red edge band - Beards big, dark marigold - Slight musky fragrance
Little Sandra, 2024
Height 37" Mid season
Standards white with blue tones - Style arms light pastel purple, darker purple veining at bottom - Falls dark violet blue, hafts veined white - Beards tangerine yellow in throat, bluish white in middle, dark violet end with spoon appendages - Slight sweet fragrance
Michael Sutton, 2021
Height 34" - mid to late season & rebloom
Standards yellow-orange, faint red-violet flush up midrib - Style arms yellow-orange - Falls pale yellow-orange blending into beetroot 3/4 down petal, beetroot veining - Beards orange - Ruffled
Jedlicka, 2012 - Height 40" - early to mid season - Standards are pale pinkish-peach with narrow lacy yellow edges - Style arms are orange with yellow lace - Falls are white in center blending to pineapple yellow, peachy haft marks - Beards are red-orange in throat, dark tangerine in middle and yellow at ends - Sweet tart fragrance
Johnson, 2005 - Height 36" - late season - Milky white standards - Very broad and ruffled red-grape velvety falls - Orange beards
Honorable Mention, 2007 - Award of Merit, 2011
Sutton, 2010
Height 35" - Late to very late season - Standards bright yellow, white streaks at edge, slight green veining at base and midribs - Style arms cream blending to yellow, white crests - Falls bright yellow sunburst at beards to ruby red, then blending to plum, blue lavender highlights on lower 3/4 of petal, 1/8 blue rim on upper half of petal, tan rim on lower part - Beards yellow
Schreiner, 2000 - Height 37" - mid season - Dark black self - Ruffled, violet petals have a smooth luxurious texture - Each stem has 3 to 4 branches and averages 7 to 11 buds
Honorable Mention, 2002 - Award of Merit, 2004
Sutton, 2010
Height 36" - early to late season
Standards and style arms pale sea lavender - Falls center pale sea lavender lined with ray pattern of darker veins, sea lavender edge, 2" dark violet rim and 1/8" edge - Beards gold, sea lavender at end - Ruffled - Slight musky fragrance
Tasco, 1998 - Height 38" - early to mid season - Space-Age - Lightly ruffled very pale blue self, aging white - Beards pale violet at end, white center section, tangerine in throat, with violet horn
Sutton, 2001
Height 36" - Mid to late season - Slight spicy fragrance
Standards pallid butterfly blue, gold infusion near base - Style arms edged white - Falls blended burgundy, violet and plum washed pale butterfly blue, 1/4" pale blue violet edge - Beards pale blue violet, hairs tipped dark orange
Keppel, 2006 - Height 40" - mid to late season - Standards blue white - Style arms blue white, lavender tip - Falls blue violet marbled wash and wire rim of paler blue, white center and hafts veined violet - Beards paprika
Honorable Mention, 2008 - Franklin Cook Cup, 2008 - Award of Merit, 2010 - Wister Medal, 2012 - American Dykes Medal, 2015
Monty Byers, 1989 - Height 37" - mid season & rebloom - Standards deep magenta violet - Falls iridescent blend of deep magenta violet, changing to rich red brown at hafts, small blue violet blended blaze just below beard - Beard old gold, violet base - Slight musky fragrance
Schreiner, 2003 - Height 39" - Early to mid to late season - Standards heavy wine violet plicata markings, midrib white - Style arms wine violet - Falls white ground, wine violet edge - Beards bright yellow - 10 to 12 socketed buds on 3 to 4 branches
Honorable Mention, 2005
Kanarowski, 2012
Height 41" - Very early to very late season & rebloom - Slight musky fragrance
Standards medium wisteria-purple, luminata edge lightens to yellow-cream, deeper yellow at base - Style arms yellow-cream with pale wisteria-purple wash - Falls deep rich wisteria-purple with white luminata lines and edges, white around beard, hafts yellow-cream with brick plicata sanding - Beards orange in throat, mid-lemon in center, ending in white - abundant ruffles
Jazz Era
Keppel, 2010 - Height 34" - Mid to late season - Standards and style arms hydrangea pink - Falls dark red purple, partially velvet, with 1/16" paler edge and darker wire rim, upper portion of petal pinkish white, amethyst bleeding and veining into white area - Beards French vermillion - 7 buds on 3 branches
Honorable Mention, 2012
Black, 2000 - Height 37" - Mid to late season - Standards rose purple base and midrib blending to mauvish pink with slight gilt edge - Style arms pink, edged gold - Falls mauve pearl center blending to rosy mauve to gold edge, hafts rosy mauve, purplish veins in throat - Beards orange, base white - Musky fragrance
Standards yellow - Style arms yellow - Falls red with white veining at hafts and a yellow edge - Beards dark tangerine in throat becoming golden yellow at end - Sweet fragrance
Standards white with green-yellow veining at midribs - Style arms white with yellow crests - Falls white with yellow-green veining at hafts - Beards orange in throat, yellow in center, white at tip - Sweet fragrance
