This does break all the rules. Huge blooms of creamy white deepening to yellow at the edges. The very open stds show off the yellow style arms and large fuzzy orange beards. The beards have a small purple end and then open up into huge yellow flounces. Bud count 6-8, pod fertile and occasionally produces fertile pollen. (It’s Magic x Momentous Occasion)

Named after our very dear friend Carol, who used to help us in the gardens, and who died last May. She said her ideal iris was a very ruffled rich violet blue, which this certainly is. But best of all this one of the best fragranced irises we’ve ever grown. Nice branching, good growth, potential for rebloom on alkaline soils, as both its parent’s rebloom. Fertile both ways. (Deja Blue x Autumn Thunder)

Lovely pastel silver blue with standout yellow beards. Very long bloom season. Garden visitors have walked out of their way to look at this one growing at the top of a bank. Strong wind resistance and clean growth. 7-8 buds. An excellent garden iris.

A low growing one which has a tendency to have second flush of flowers in Nov-Dec. Stds of smokey lavender lilac, with darker veining at base. Style arms cream edged lavender. Falls lilac-lavender, lighter around darker purple signal.