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Please click on Image thumbnails for a larger image. Boy Howdy-(Jim Hedgecock-2003)-Sdlg. F-35-1-TB-34"-M - One thing is for certain, Boy Howdy is hard to describe on paper. The standards are lightly laced and ruffled medium purple. Falls are laced andy ruffled dark purple with a white spray pattern radiating over nearly the upper 1/3 of the falls. The falls also have a 1/4" band of medium purple at their edges. Beards are dark gold. Boy Howdy what an iris. 84-29-1 (World News X Navy Strut) X 83-68-1 (Mary O Mahoney X Going My Way). $7.50 |
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Comanche Winter-(Jim Hedgecock-2003)-Sdlg. F-69-W-TB-34"-M - There are a lot of good white irises already on the market, but our customers have been going tothis seedling wanting us to introduce it. When we entered it in the Pony Express Iris Society show this spring and got best seedling in show, we decided to put it on the market. The wide pure white florets have just a touch of yellow at the hafts. Form is heavily ruffled with superb substance. Beards are white with yellow tips. The foliage is extremely healthy. Show stalks with a bud count of eight. Mild sweet fragrance. Agape Love X Unknown. $7.50 |
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Crop Circles-(Jim Hedgecock-2003)-Sdlg. 84-97-1-TB-33"-M - Are they real or a hoax? You decide that question. We decided to have a little fun and have our own Crop Circles. Our new plicata just seems to be one of those irises that just grows well any where it is placed. The ruffled standards are dark purple with just a hint of white at the midribs. The heavily ruffled falls are white with a wide dark purple stitched and dotted border and purple stripe from beards to edges of falls. Wide ruffled form throughout. Purple beards. Very good bud count and stalks. Mild sweet fragrance. Michigan Pride X Unknown. $7.50 |
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Seven Thunders-(Jim Hedgecock-2003)-Sdlg. G-64-1-TB-32"-ML - Jim heard this term used in some American Indian literature, possibly a book. We love the name. Our Seven Thunders is again one of our superb new garden irises that just can't stop producing excellent plants and flowers. The ruffled standards are red-black. The ruffled and fluted falls are black-purple with white striations at the burnt brown beards. Very healthy foliage. Show stalks with a bud count of eight. Pronounced sweet fragrance. Mayberry 80-7-H, Unknown X 83-25-1: (Space Dragon X Tuxedo). $7.50 |
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Dark Dancer (J. Hedgecock-2002)-Sdlg. A-31-11-TB-32"2ML- A sultry midnight dancer performs to beating drums. This scene comes to mind when we view Dark Dancer. The standards are ruffled dark purple. Falls are ruffled and fluted dark purple. Falls are ruffled and fluted darker sultry purple, very nearly black. Wide, fat dark purple beards turn brown in the throat and may occasionally have short purple horns. Mild, pleasant fragrance. 83-25: (Space Dragon x Tuxedo) x Sophistication. $7.50 |