Starwoman, IB

[BillyB]

This one is new for me. First median to win Dykes Medal since "Brown Lasso'', a border bearded, in 1981. In a couple of years, a clump of this, will look stunning.

STARWOMAN

(Marky Smith, R. 1997) Sdlg. 90-26E. IB, 25" (64 cm), M
S. blackish royal purple (blacker than RHS 86A), faint lavender grey marks at deep purple midrib; style arms strong mauve violet, edges greyer; F. pearl (lighter than 156D) ground, ½" darkest black violet (darker than 86A) rim and center stripe, dark violet dashing and stitching within rim; beards blue violet at end, gold-tipped blue violet central area, yellow in throat; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Chubby Cheeks X Keppel 83-8A: (Snowbrook x sib). Aitken's Salmon Creek 1998. HM 2001, AM 2003, Sass Medal 2005, Dykes 2008.

Enjoy
Billy

[Garden_of_Mu]

Beautiful photo. I was delighted when this one won the Dykes Medal. It is nice to see another class besides BB win.

[Garden_of_Mu]

Starwoman is blooming for me now with three beautiful stalks.

[Michael]

I love it..nice pictures, thanks for sharing

Michael

[BillyB]

Starwoman opened up 2 days ago. Last year it opened April 7. At this rate, everything will be bloomed out come showtime the 1st week in May.

Billy

[oldcoot]

Beautiful. Glad to see other folks Iris blooming too. My problem is, that my yard is so wet from all the rain we have gotten, my wheel chair can't get out there !!!! Congrats...............OC

[LucyGoose]

Beautiful!!