IRIS HAVEN

NEW RELEASES FOR 2007

SUSANNAH FULLERTON - our premier release for 2007



WELCOME to our new listing for 2007! As usual, we have tried to provide new and interesting cultivars for our customers. The cultivars noted below will become NEW RELEASE cultivars as of 1st September, 2007.

This year we are celebrating two important events! Firstly, 2007 will be the first year that IRIS HAVEN in Australia and RIVENDELL IRIS GARDENS in New Zealand will offer a southern hemisphere,Trans-Tasman co-release. Our lovely cultivar, SUSANNAH FULLERTON is to be given the special 'Trans-Tasman Treatment' to recognise Susannah's New Zealand-based heritage - and her current happy domicile with her family here in Australia. We know that Susannah is a proud Kiwi, so we wanted to do something special for the release of her namesake Louisiana iris down here in the southern hemisphere. SUSANNAH FULLERTON has been directly available to our northern hemisphere customers from IRIS CITY GARDENS in the USA since 2006.

Secondly, we are thrilled to announce that prominent South Australian iris hybridiser, Peter Jackson, has joined the 'Iris Haven family' and we will be releasing cultivars for him from now on. Peter joins Don Grieves from Perth, Western Australia and our good friend Janet Hutchinson from Sydney in the Iris Haven family of hybridisers. Welcome Aboard, Peter! We are releasing some of Peter's lovely cultivars in this 2007 season - see details noted below.




DISTANT MUSIC
DISTANT MUSIC
Golden Ponds x Ann's Child (Janet Hutchinson) 112 cm, E-M
Standards are pale rosy-lavender, edged and veined pale rosy-violet with prominent violet line signal. Falls are rosy, light-violet with a pale halo petal edges; narrow yellow signal which is outlined in plum. Style arms are rosy-violet with pale lavender crests. Ruffled, with a slight fragrance. A statuesque cultivar of exquisite beauty! LIMITED SUPPLIES. AU $25


EXPLODING STAR
EXPLODING STAR
[(Margaret Lee x Heather Pryor) x Lost For Words] 97 cm E-M (Heather Pryor)
A mid orange self with lemon rim and lemon luminata blush around the lime steeple signals. Lime signals feature a golden tip and darker orange line signal radiating from the 'tip' to almost the edge of the petals. This is a most unusual and unique signal star pattern! Style arms are lemon-lime. Ruffled blooms with a slightly reflexed form when fully open. This cultivar was completely sold out virtually as soon as it was released in the USA earlier in 2007, so be quick to get one for youself! LIMITED SUPPLIES AU $25


ICED COCKTAIL
ICED COCKTAIL
Kay Nelson x Mad About You (Heather Pryor) 102 cm, M-L
Standards are mid watermelon-pink with a red line signal and picoteed white rim. Falls are deeper watermelon-pink with yellow blotch signal and picoteed white rim. Style arms are lemon. The unusual colours (like that of a Mai Tai cocktail!) of this cultivar have a luminous effect in the garden. US-based customers can still obtain this from Iris City Gardens, where it was released with great fanfare in 2005. LIMITED SUPPLIES AU $25

IMAGINED OCEANS - photo supplied by Peter Jackson
IMAGINED OCEANS
C'est la Mote x Venus Vortex. (Peter Jackson) 125 cm, E-M
Standards are mid blue-violet with a fine blue-white edge. Falls are the same colour with deep gold signals that grade-out to lemon in a fabulous spray pattern. Lemon style arms with white tips complete the picture. A slightly recurved flower form with lots of ruffling. We admired this as a seedling in 2005 and are thrilled to release it. LIMITED SUPPLIES AU $25


PARK AVENUE PRINCESS
PARK AVENUE PRINCESS
Crushed Ice x Eastman Winds (Heather Pryor) 104 cm M-L
The palest 'icing' pink self with unusual red line signal - almost to the petal edges- on the standards and an orange steeple signal with usual red 'eyeliner' surround on the falls. Style arms are pastel lemon, tipped pale icing pink. Ruffled blooms with a fine 'piecrust' edge to the fully opened blooms. Considered by many to the finest example of a pale pink Louisiana iris yet to be released - and subsequently very popular when it was released in the USA in 2005. LIMITED SUPPLIES AU $25


SEA OF LAVENDER - photo supplied by Peter Jackson
SEA OF LAVENDER
Malibu Magic x Margaret Lee (Peter Jackson) 100 cm Mid
A beautiful mid lavender self with darker lavender veining. Style arms are lavender with a soft green throat. Identical gold signals, with deeper gold centre line on all petals - creating a star effect. Overlapping, ruffled and laced petals. Lovely! LIMITED SUPPLIES. AU $25


SUSANNAH FULLERTON - our premier release for 2007
SUSANNAH FULLERTON
[(Heather Pryor x Benenice) x Alicia Clare] 105 cm, M-L (Heather Pryor)
A beautifully elegant dark ruby-red self with lemon rim and reverse, plus a unique lemon and white spray pattern around a strong lime steeple signal, on all petals. Style arms are lemon, tipped ruby-red. Ruffled flowers are slightly reflexed when fully open - which shows off the unusual spray pattern star signal pattern beautifully. Named for a dear friend who is proud of her New Zealand heritage and her Australian family residency. Susannah is a true child of the Commonwealth! OUR PREMIER RELEASE FOR 2007. AU $30

SURPRISE CALLER - photo supplied by Peter Jackson
SURPRISE CALLER
Gate Crasher x Gentleman Caller (Peter Jackson) 110 cm, E-M
The name is a clever play-on-words for the two parents! Standards are wine-red. Falls are deep, velvety,wine-red with a very fine lighter petal edge. Styles arms are cream,washed wine-red. YUM! LIMITED SUPPLIES AU $25


WELL READ - photo supplied by Peter Jackson
WELL READ
Wine Country x Garnet Storm Dancer (Peter Jackson) 110 cm, E
Standards are deep red. Falls are deeper-red wth deep gold signals. Style arms are the same colour as the standards - with a fine cream edge. All petals feature a luxurious velvet texture, which is shown well in this photo. This cultivar goes a long way towards Peter's ultimate goal of a beautifully-formed, dark coloured, Louisiana iris cultivar - don't you agree? LIMITED SUPPLIES AU $25

NEW RELEASES FOR 2007 - WATER SPRITE VARIETIES.


A 'Water Sprite' variety is one that grows slightly shorter than the regular-height varieties noted above. Typically a "Water Sprite' is described as having a flowering stalk no taller than 90 cm (36"), with smaller, more petite-sized flowers. Rhizomes are generally smaller than the regular-height varieties, making "Water Sprites' particularly useful in small courtyards, small frogponds or in front of the regular-height varieties. Otherwise they enjoy the same good general garden attributes of their taller-growing relations.

ENDEARING THOUGHT - Water Sprite Variety
ENDEARING THOUGHT
Flamenco Ruffles x ('Bout Midnight x Rachel's Request) 90cm M-L (Bernard Pryor)
Gorgeous mid mulberry-rose standards are beautifully matched by the slightly darker mulberry-rose falls. The dark mulberry-wine style arms make an enchanting image - which is nodoubt the result of an endearing thought. LIMITED SUPPLIES. AU $25


LET FREEDOM RING - Water Sprite Variety
LET FREEDOM RING
Desert Jewel x Charlotte's Tutu (Bernard Pryor) 75 cm E-M
Mid pink self, with petal edges darker. Entire flower ages to pale lemon with pronounced pink petal edges - as shown in the photo above. Style arms are mid pink with yellow midrib and base. This cultivar was named to commemorate the 9/11 tragedy in New York City. This is our small effort to help empower us all to move on. One of our most popular cultivars in the USA since it was released there in 2005. LIMITED SUPPLIES AU $25


LITTLE BRONZED AUSSIE - Water Sprite Variety

LITTLE BRONZED AUSSIE
Tribal Fire x Alicia Clare (Bernard Pryor) 80 cm E-L
A charming mid-caramel self with yellow petal reverse and yellow blotch signal overlaid long, bright-orange steeple signal - on all petals - creating a star effect. Style arms are beige with an orange midrib. Ruffled, rounded form on petite stalks. When released earlier in 2007 by Iris City Gardens in the USA, this was most popular. LIMITED SUPPLIES AU $25

This page was updated on 1st August, 2007