Hybridizer Barry Blyth

Pearcedale, Victoria, Australia

Barry Blyth is an Australian hybridizer and owner of Tempo Two, a commercial Iris farm at Pearcedale, Victoria Australia. He is a fourth generation nurseryman and has been hybridizing Iris for nearly 50 years, registering more than 1,000 Irises of different classes. His tall-bearded introduction Sostenique was the 1986 Australian Dykes Medal winner. Barry was Honored by the American Iris Society with the Hybridizer Award in 1996. In 2015 he received the American Iris Society Bee Warburton Medal.
See: IRIS et BULBEUSES: n°167, 2017, pp. 19-22.

See below:

• Gardens of Barry Blyth
• Registrations and Introductions
• Awards
• Iris Publications
• Autobiographical Notes
• Hybridizing Notes

Gardens Of Barry Blyth

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Registrations and Introductions

Arilbred: 'Baghdad Note'; 'Pirate Bird', 'Pixie Carnival'. 'Pixie Melody', 'Pixie Tan', 'Sajjetta', 'Sharif',

Border Bearded: 'Absolute Cute', 'Almost Famous', 'Ambling', 'Bachelor Boy', 'Besotted', 'Blackberry Brandy', 'Brazen Lover', 'Coconut Ice', 'Curacao', 'Curvacious', 'Dragon Kiss', 'Flavours', 'I'm Dreaming', 'Infatuate', 'Ingenious', 'Lyrique', 'Mandrake', 'Penny Anne', 'Rhythmical', 'School's Out', 'Soul Sound', 'Thundery', 'Timely Kiss', 'Tongue Twister', 'Zuni Echo',

Intermediate Bearded (A-M): 'Affinity', 'All Chat', 'Aqua Taj', 'Arianna', 'Aspire', 'Aurean', 'Backchat', 'Banter', 'Beaming', 'Becalmed', 'Bedevil', 'Ben the Dragon', 'Biscador', 'Blame Heidi', 'Blue Flirt', 'Bluesman', 'Bottle of Bliss', 'Bounce', 'Brickle', 'Bush Gossip', 'Butterfly Boy', 'Candy Walk', 'Captive', 'Casual Love', 'Catalumya', 'Charmed Indeed', 'Chat', 'Cloud Mistress', 'Cocoa Snow', 'Coffee Cove', 'Coloursonic', 'Cool Call', 'Cool Stepper', 'Coolism', 'Country Blues', 'Coppercut', 'Crackles', 'Daiquiri', 'Date Me', 'Delovely', 'Devil Boy', 'Devil Dancing', 'Devil's Playground', 'Dramatico', 'Dreamstate', 'Drum Song', 'Echo Catcher', 'Edgy', 'Elveen', 'Endless Moments', 'Escapee', 'Eye Wonder', 'Flamina', 'Foreign Devil', 'Fudge', 'Furioso', 'Gentle Riot', 'Glam', 'Glances', 'Glimmer Boy', 'Glowbug', 'Glowgirl', 'Go Chloe', 'Go On', 'Graduate', 'Grandescent', 'GypsyJump', 'Gypsy Rover', 'Halfpenny Green', 'Happy Now', 'He's A Pirate', 'Honey Edge', 'Honeyeater', 'Hum', 'I'm Wicked', 'Impulse', 'In the Mist', 'Indian Idyll', 'Irish Air', 'Irish Darling', 'It's A Giggle', 'Jangles', 'Jenna', 'Jo Bangles', 'Just Dance', 'Kadaicha', 'Kensei', 'Kerry Ann', 'Kraken Jokes', 'Let's Elope', 'Let's Paint', 'Lilac Hill', 'Lingering', 'Lissom', 'Little Edgy', 'Local Hero', Longing', 'Luxuriate', 'Magic Child', 'Magic Pulse', 'Magna', 'Malarky', 'Mania', 'Mara', 'Maybe Magic', 'Meld', 'Merlin's Tune', 'Merry Life', 'Micro Magic', 'Midas Plush', 'Midday Blues', 'Minted', 'Minted Gold', 'Moderna', 'Moonbar', 'Moondella', 'Moonfly', 'Moonpiper', 'Mulberry Temple', 'Mykonos Sunset', 'Mystic Potion',

Intermediate Bearded (N-Z): 'Neon Blue', 'New Kid In Town', 'Nod Yes', 'O'Cool', 'Only Foolin', 'Oolay', 'Opalette', 'Palaver', 'Party Boy', 'Partygoer', 'Philanderer', 'Piper's Tune', 'Plasma', 'Playlist', 'Posh', 'Primal', 'Prowl', 'Purrfect', 'Quiver', 'Rebel Yell', 'Rififi', 'Romeo's Passion', 'Romp', 'Royalaz', 'Royalism', 'Rumble', 'Rumours', 'Sassy Belle', 'Satin Cut', 'Satin Spin', 'Scene In Pink', 'Scripted', 'Sculptured Wild', 'Seduced', 'Seductress', 'Shadow Mist', 'Shadows Cast', 'Shameless', 'Shaybisc', 'Shimla', 'Shugar', 'Silent Shadow', 'Silique', 'Siloa', 'Sizzling', 'Smug', 'So Petite', 'Stolen Gold', 'Storm Song', 'Strawberry Love', 'Strum', 'Sugar Moon', 'Sunso', 'Surf Coast', 'Sugarmist', 'Sween 'N Cool', 'Swing School', 'Talk Magic', 'Tan Tingo', 'Tangfu', 'Test Driver', 'This Kiss', 'Thrum', 'Tickle the Ivories', 'Ticklish', 'Tipsy Maid', 'Tiptoe Dancer', 'Toffee', 'Touch of Blarney', 'Twang', 'Tyrolienne', 'Uptown Fashion', 'Vasqua', 'Viva Nova', 'Volandro', 'Voodoo Beat', 'We Danced', 'Wild Lad', 'Wild Nutmeg', 'Wind Spirit', 'Witchwork', 'With Ice', 'Wordsmith', 'Yallah', 'Yodeller', 'Zanzibar Zing', 'Zing Me',

Miniature Dwarf Bearded: 'Little Flirt', 'Zarella',

Pacific Coast Native: 'Azaz', 'Benalla', 'Bogong', 'Bunyip', 'Cerabino', 'Chiminta', 'Colac', 'Echuca', 'Flotilla', 'Leongatha', 'Mildura', 'Mitta Mitta', 'Moresco', 'Nagambie', 'Nayook', 'Neerim', 'Numurkah', 'Omeo', 'Tanjil', 'Tialinta', 'Tinkle', 'Tongala', 'Warragul', 'Wonga', 'Wonthaggi'.

Siberian: 'Asilah', 'Berry and Ice', 'Beyond the Clouds', 'Coolabah', 'David's Song', 'Eunice J.', 'Heartwave', 'Huntress', 'I'm Just Blue', 'Music Royal', 'Oriental Carpet', 'Prophet's Kiss', 'Rainbow Flavours', 'So Be It', 'Storm Chaser', 'Storm Tossed', 'Summerfolk', 'Superact', 'Supernatural', 'Swept Away', 'Troubled Waters', 'White Collar Blue',

Spuria: 'Art and Soul', 'Barleycorn', 'Bay of Silk', 'Brazen Pirate', 'Bronzing', 'Chestnut Chime', 'Cinnamon Moon', 'Coolangatta', 'Dreamcaster', 'Elves Gold', 'Fly So High', 'Goblin's Song', 'Gold Mania', 'Gold Price', 'Henna Rush', 'Lavender Parade', 'Leprechaun's Kiss', 'Mahogany Lord', 'Myths and Dreams', 'Noble Roman', 'Pixie Time', 'Poet's Love', 'Prussian Magic', 'Theatregoer', 'Thunder Run', 'Twilight Dragon', 'Twilight Mode', 'Upon A Harp', 'Wild At Heart',

Standard Dwarf Bearded (A-K): 'Acid Print', 'Acid Test', 'Agreement', 'Alinta', 'Angelic Mist', 'Anjaya', 'Anyway', 'Apricot Kisses', 'Aquiver', 'Ashanti', 'Awake', 'Baci', 'Baffle', 'Bamba', 'Barley Sugar'. 'Be My Angel', 'Bee's Knees', 'Befitting', 'Bewdy', 'Bit of Gossip', 'Blissed Out', 'Bossy Boots', 'Brief Kiss', 'Buster', 'Buttered', 'Buzz Me', 'Cache', 'Camarilla', 'Cahoots', 'Capricornia', 'Carats', 'Cavort', 'Celsius', 'Centricity', 'Chances', 'Chanted', 'Chantilly Dancer', 'Chargold', 'Cherry Child', 'Cherry Doll', 'Chimu', 'Chortle', 'Cimbalino', 'City Neon', 'Coffee Boy', 'Cool As', 'Cool Eyes', 'Crave', 'Crownette', 'Cuddle Me', 'Cupfull', 'Cupid's Cup', 'Cushla', 'Dapper', 'Dawn Hush', 'Decree', 'Desert Country', 'Dew Kiss', 'Dragon Baby', 'Dreamerino', 'Echoes', 'Electric Dreams', 'Electric Elf', 'Esoteric', 'Eyes for You', 'Face Paint', 'Fairy Favours', 'Festiva', 'Fibber', 'Fifi', 'Flirting', 'Fling', 'Flirty', 'Flitters', 'Fool for You', 'Forfun', 'Fusspot', 'Fuzzy Devil', 'Ghost Party', 'Gifted'. 'Gig', 'Gigglefit', 'Gigolette', 'Girl Pixie', 'Glint', 'Glowingly', 'Go', 'Gosh', 'Gossip', 'Graciano', 'Guinea Gold', 'Guise', 'Hark', 'Haunts Me', 'Hear Ye', 'Hex', 'Hey Hey', 'Hi Honey', 'Hip-Hop', Hobgoblin', 'Hold Me', 'Honey Behold', 'Honey Haze', 'Honey Wind', 'Hotness', 'Hotseat', 'Hussy', 'Hustle', 'Imagette', 'Imbue', 'Impish', 'Impulsive Imp', 'In Heaven', 'In Jest', Irish Trick', 'It Is', 'It's Love', 'Jaywalker', 'Jiansada', 'Jinx', 'Jo Bangles', 'Joking', 'Jollience', 'Joy Boy', 'Julep', 'Junoesque', 'Just A Kid', 'Kandi Moon', 'Kinchin', 'Kinetic', 'Kiss Me Pink', 'Kiss Me Quick', 'Kista',

Standard Dwarf Bearded (L-Z): 'Larrikin', 'Lemoncello', 'Lemon Talk', 'Leprechaun's Gold', 'Lilac N' Ice', 'Lili', 'Little Bev', 'Little Kingfisher', 'Little Kiss', 'Little Taj'. 'Little Vamp', 'Loloki', 'Lore', 'Maglissa', Making Eyes', 'Mambo', 'Manchu Coffee', 'Mango Kiss', 'Marscay', 'Meet Me', 'Melodic', 'Merry Dance', 'Metermaid', 'Mini Song', 'Mischa', 'Moment', 'Moody Hues', 'Moondawn', 'Moon Scent', 'Moon Sundae', 'More Drama', 'Moustache', 'Murmur', Nazette', 'Neutrino', 'Noble Toff', 'O'Mine', 'O'What', Ochre Doll', 'Oddbod', 'Off Guard', 'Oladi', 'Olives and Umber', 'Orange Spangles', 'Party Talk', 'Pause', 'Peach Eyes', 'Peek', 'Perchance', 'Picco', 'Piccolina', 'Popcorn Pete', 'Poppity', 'Posing', 'Proton', 'Pulse Rate', 'Purr', 'Pushy', 'Quark', 'Racy', 'Rapt', 'Razoo', 'Razzle', 'Real Coquette', 'Rock Goblin', 'Rockabye', 'Romanita', 'Romy', 'Rubitano', 'Sarina', 'Say Hello', 'Scat', 'Scion', 'Scoop', 'Sea Frost', 'Seta', 'Shaded Pale', 'Shagreen', 'Shindig', 'Slavegirl', 'Smitten', 'Smoky Imp', 'Smoky Pieces', 'Smoky Trail', 'Smooch', 'Smooth As', 'Socha', 'Sometimes', 'Songlines', 'Spice Sister', Spicery', 'Spoken', 'Stash', 'Status', 'Stormy Circle', 'Sugar Sweet', 'Sunbrand', 'Sunchime', 'Suavette', 'Swing', 'Swish', 'Swoon', 'Tabatha', 'Tabita', 'Tachyon', 'Taja', 'Talk', 'Tell Fibs', 'Tallica', 'Terse Verse', 'Thumb Tack', 'Thundercat', 'Ting Tang', 'Titled', 'Toff', 'Toned', 'Touch and Go', 'Toy Kingdom', 'Toy San', 'Tramp', 'Tricks', 'Trickster', 'Tuscanna', 'Tweek', 'Twinkle Toes', Twinkling Light', 'Uppity', 'Vanilla', 'Vibes', 'Village Flirt', 'Volts', 'Voyage', 'Waltz', 'Wanderer', 'Wee Stroll', 'Wheels', 'Whydidi', 'Wild Ruby', 'Wild Silk', 'Windrose', 'Wine Light', 'Witch's Toes', 'Yipee', 'Yoda', 'Zounds'.

Tall Bearded (A-C): 'A Certain Girl', 'About Town','Absolute Truth', 'Ace Royale', 'Act Three', 'Adoranova', 'Adoree', 'Advance to Go', 'Adventurer', 'Affaire', 'Aflutter', 'Afternoon Colours', 'Aileen Ross', 'Air of Mystery', 'Alarm Bells', 'All Rhythm', 'All Silent', 'Almost Dark', 'Alpine Butterfly', 'Alpine Castle', 'Alpine Harmony', 'Alpine Journey', 'Alpine Region', 'Alpine Sunshine', 'Amber Essence', 'Amber Spree', 'Amber Snow, 'Ambertime', Ambiance', 'Amorous Heart', 'Amy's Blushing', 'Ancient Echoes', 'Ancient Secrets', 'And Royal', 'Angel's Call', 'Another Woman', 'Anthology', 'Antiquity', 'Apricot Already', 'Apricot Danish', 'Arabian Story', 'Arc of Colours', 'Arctic Symbol', 'Are We In Love', 'Argyle Knight', 'Art At Dawn', 'Arthouse', 'Asha Michelle', 'Asian Empress', 'Ask A Lady', 'Ask Me Nicely', 'Astrobubbles', 'Audacious Amber', 'Aura Light', 'Aura of Glamour', 'Avenue of Dreams', 'Avid Affair', 'Avona', 'Awakening Dreams', 'Aztec Burst', 'Aztec Dance', 'Babylon Queen', 'Back On Stage', 'Ballerina Queen', 'Bashful Love', 'Be A Devil', 'Be Mine Tonight', 'Beach Boy', 'Beach Dance', 'Beachgirl', 'BeauDon', 'Beauty Option', 'Beauty School', 'Befriend', 'Behold A Lady', 'Bequest', 'Beside Myself', 'Big Spender', 'Billowing Robes', 'Billows', 'Blue for You', 'Blue Rising', 'Bluebird Wine', 'Blushing Clouds', 'Bold Chance', 'Boldly Go', 'Bombastic', 'Born At Dawn', 'Boulevard Jazz', 'Box Of Chocolates', 'Brandy Rose', 'Brandy Sipper', 'Breakfast Talk', 'Breezes', 'Bring Me Diamonds', 'Broome Sunset', 'Brushwork', 'Bubbles All Round', 'Buccaneer's Prize', 'Buongiorno', 'Burgundy Blaze', 'Burgundy Rules', 'Burst', 'Bush Honey', 'But Beautiful', 'Butterfly Affair', 'By Jeeves', 'By Moonlight', 'Cabaret Girl', 'Cabaret Royale', 'Cacophony', 'Cafe Bleu', 'Cafe D'Amour', 'Cafe Risque', 'Cafe Viva', 'Call Me Blue', 'Calling', 'Cameo Dawn', 'Cameo Minx', 'Cameo Wine', 'Candy Colours', 'Candy Clouds', 'Capricorn Cooler', 'Capricorn Dancer', 'Captain Thunderbolt', 'Captive Gold', 'Careless Rapture', 'Careless Whisper', 'Carnival Capers', 'Carolyn Mary', 'Cast A Spell', 'Castaway', 'Casual Design', 'Catch A Cloud', 'Catwalk', Cebanyon', 'Celebrate Beauty', 'Celestial Choir', 'Celtic Melody', 'Certain Magic', 'Certain Riches', 'Champagne and Strawberries', 'Champagne Journey', 'Champagne Moments', 'Champagne Moon', 'Champagne Snow', 'Chaos Theory', ' Chardonnay and Ice', 'Chased but Chaste', 'Chasing Destiny', 'Chasing Moonbeams', 'Chastelle', 'Cherries And Cream', 'Chestnut Avenue', 'Child of Fortune', 'Chimbolam', 'China Walk', 'Chinese Empress', 'Chinese Treasure', 'Chinese Whisper', 'Chloe With Class', 'Chocolate Royale', 'Chocolate Vanilla', 'Chocolates and Silk', 'Chocolatier', 'Choir Girl', 'Choose A Dream', 'Churchill Lane', 'Cinderella's Secret', 'Cinnamon Bells', 'Classic Wine', 'Classicana', 'Close Your Eyes', 'Cloud Palace', 'Coffee Capri', 'Coffee Malt', 'Coffee Shop', 'Coffee Trader', 'Coffee Whispers', 'Colour Bazaar', 'Colour Page', 'Colourable', 'Colours Of The Wind', 'Come to Paris', 'Comes the Dawn', 'Cool Charlotte', 'Cool Response', 'Copatonic', 'Copper and Snow', 'Copper Clouds', 'Cosmic Connection', 'Cosmic Melody', 'Cosmic Pirate', 'Count the Kisses', 'Country Kisses', 'Court Dancer', 'Court Painter', 'Covet Me', 'Crazy for You', Creme D'Or', 'Crimson Snow', 'Cross My Heart', 'Crowns for Credit', 'Crystal Rhapsody', 'Cupid's Wish', 'Cyber Girl',

Tall Bearded (D-H): 'Dad's A Pirate', 'Dance A Dance', 'Dance About', 'Dance for Us', 'Dance Man', 'Dance to Paris', 'Dance With Dragons', 'Dancer's Edge', 'Dancing Home', 'Danger Money', 'Darktonian', 'Darling Beware', 'Dash Of Burgundy', 'Dashing Squire', 'Debutante's Kiss', 'Decadence', 'Desert Morn', 'Destined to Dance', 'Destiny's Kiss', 'Devil By Night', 'Devil's Duchess', 'Devil's Intent', 'Devil's Own', 'Devil's Riot', 'Devilicious', 'Diamond Broker', 'Diamonds And Rubies', 'Dignity Dancer', 'Dinner Talk', 'Diplomatico', 'Divine Duchess', 'Don't Leave Me', 'Downtown Man', 'Dragon Dance', 'Dragon Drums', 'Dragon's Fancy', 'Dream Lord', 'Dream 'Til Dawn', 'Dreamalot', 'Dreaming Lilac', 'Dreaming Of Chocolate', 'Dreams And Desires', 'Dreams And Schemes', 'Drinks At Sunset', 'Drop Of Burgundy', 'Early Encounter', 'Easy Living', 'Echo Beach', 'Edge Of Happiness', 'Edging Around', 'Electric Candy', 'Electrique', 'Elope To Madrid', 'Elusive Melody', 'Embassadora', 'Embrace', 'Enchanted Way', 'Enchanter', 'Endless Sunshine', 'Endless Waltz', 'English Charm', 'Enjoy the Party', 'Enter the Dragon', 'Epic Romance', 'Evening Frolic', 'Excellency', 'Excuse Me Darling', 'Eye For Fashion', 'Eye For Style', 'Fabric of Dreams', 'Fairy Floss', 'Fancy A Flutter', 'Fancy Dancer', 'Fancy Flirting', 'Fashion Alert', 'Fashionista', 'Fast Talker', 'Favorite Beau', 'Feather Boa', 'Feel the Moment', 'Fiasco', 'Final Episode', 'Fine Drop', 'First Avenue', 'Flashinator', 'Flauntress', 'Flirtation Walk', 'Fluent Mandarin', 'Flutes Alfresco', 'Flutterina', 'Foreign Knight', 'Foreign Scandal', 'Fortunately', 'Franjelica', 'Free To Dream', 'French Butterfly', 'French Filagree', 'French Gown', 'Frill of it All', 'Frilled to Bits', 'Frostfall', 'Full of Magic', 'Future Bride', 'Future Ruler', 'Gaelic Jig', 'Gaiety Bell', 'Gala Greetings', 'Gallant Rogue', 'Gallic Softness', 'Galway Piper', 'Gambler' 'Gatekeeper', 'Gates of Rome', 'Gathering Gold', 'Gathering Light', 'Gaze', 'Gem Trader', 'Gentleman Jim', 'Georgette Silk', 'Get My Number', 'Gifted Heart', 'Ginger Ice', 'Girl Thing', 'Girls Got Rhythm', 'Girls' Favourite', 'Give Me Wings', 'Glad All Over', 'Glamazon', 'Glamorama', 'Glamour Pants', 'Glitterati', 'Going Home', 'Goldcinda', 'Goldie the Pirate', 'Gone Fission', 'Gorgeous Is', 'Got Attitude', 'Got the Blues', 'Gothic Lord', 'Grace And Beauty', 'Gracious Curves', 'Gypsy Geena', 'Gypsy Piper', 'Handful Of Magic', 'Harbour Watch', 'Harmonics', 'Haunting Song', 'He Can Dance', 'He Man', 'Head Over Heels', 'Heartburst', 'Heart of Dreams', 'Heart Racer', 'Heart's Affair', 'Heaven's Reply', 'Hello Beautiful', 'Hello It's Me', 'Hello Love', 'Hello Romance', 'Hey Dreamer', 'Hidden Kisses', 'High Chancellor', 'High Master', 'High Waters', 'Hindu Magic', 'Hint of Danger', 'Hold My Hand', 'Holiday Lover', 'Honey Dripper', 'Honey House', 'Honey Magic', 'Honey Pie', 'Honourable Lord', 'Hornblower', 'Hostess Royale', 'Hot Danish', 'Hot Gossip', 'Hot Secret', 'House Guest', 'Hush At Twilight', 'Hysteria',

Tall Bearded (I-M): 'I Gotta Feeling, 'Ice Confection', 'I'm A Hussy', 'I'm Posh', 'I'm Smitten', 'I'm Your Lady', 'I'm Your Man', 'I'm Yours', 'Imagine', 'Imagine Me', 'Imagine This', 'Impressed', 'Imprimis', 'In A Kiss', 'In Beauty', 'In Concert', 'In Dreams', 'In Grand Style', 'In High Heels', 'In Love', 'In Smoke', 'In Tempo', 'In the Stars', 'In Town', 'In Tune', 'In Vogue', Inca Queen', 'Indulgence', 'Inked In', 'Inner Journey', 'Innocent Miss', 'Into Temptation', 'Irish Jester', 'Irish Squire', 'Island Drumbeat', 'Island Gossip', 'Island Gypsy', 'It's Delicious', 'Italian Master', 'Ivory Castle', ' Ivory Way', 'Jamaica Me Crazy', 'Jaunty Dancer', 'Jazz Club', 'Jealous Guy', 'Jovian Magic', 'Juicy Rumours', 'Junoesque', 'Just Crazy', 'Just Delicious', 'Just Dreaming', 'Just Magic', 'Just Past Dawn', 'Just Witchery', 'Katarina', 'Katie Pie', 'Kept Secret', 'King of Diamonds', 'King's Cloak', 'Kiss Me All Over', 'Kiss The Bride', 'Kiss The Princess', 'Kissable You', 'Knight Templar', 'La Delpha', 'Lady Of Leisure', 'Lark About', 'Lasseter's Reef', 'Lassoed', 'Last Kiss Goodnight', 'Late Pickings', 'Latin Lark', 'Latin Tempo', 'Lavender Diadem', 'Lavish Lover', 'Legally Orange', 'Legato', 'Lemon Delicious', 'Lemon Drift', 'Lemon Silence', 'Let's Be Brazen', 'Let's Romp', 'Letter From Paris', 'Lilac Wine', 'Lillypilly Wine', 'Lily My Love', 'Lime Crystal', 'Limerence', 'Lipstick Lies', 'Liqueur Creme', 'Liquid Smoke', 'Liquid Sunshine', 'Lisa Ann', 'Listen To Me', 'Listen To Your Heart', 'Living Free', 'Local Gossip', 'Lollyshop', 'London Lord', 'London Walk', 'Looking Beautiful', 'Looks Can Thrill', 'Lord Of Letters', 'Lord Of Mayfair', 'Lording It', 'Loremaster', 'Lost In Dreams', 'Louisa's Song', 'Love Actually', 'Love Bandit', 'Love Changes', 'Love Chant', 'Love Comes', 'Love Match', 'Love 'N Laughter', 'Love To Flirt', 'Love To Party', 'Lovely Leilani', 'Lover's Lane', 'Loves Edge', 'Lovology', 'Lucidity', 'Lullaby Light', 'Lunar Rainbow', 'Lunch In Madrid', 'Lunchtime Lover', 'Luxuriant Lothario', 'Lysandra', 'Machismo', 'Madame Persia', 'Made In Heaven', 'Made Me Shiver', 'Magharee', 'Magic by Gosh', 'Magic In Me', 'Magic Man', 'Magnetic Isle', 'Make Me Shiver', 'Make Me Smile', 'Make Mine Magic', 'Man About Town', 'Mandarin Morning', 'Mandarin Music', 'Mandolin Wind', 'Mango Daiquiri', 'Mango Entree', 'Mango Rhythm', 'Margin Trader', 'Marilla', 'Master At Arms', 'Mastery', 'Matters Of The Heart', 'Mayan Dusk', 'Maybe An Angel','Maybe Magic', 'Mayfair Melody', 'Mayfair Mistress', 'Megarich', 'Memorised', 'Merry Amigo', 'Mighty Cool', 'Milk In My Coffee', 'Mind's Eye', 'Mindful', 'Ming Lord', 'MistyRidge, 'Misty Sunlight', 'Modernistic', 'Moment to Savour', 'Monet's Lady', 'Moomba', 'Moonlit Avenue', 'More Please', 'Morning Mail', 'Moroccan Magic', 'Mossenova', 'Mulberry Dragon', 'Mulberry Magic', 'Music Maestro', 'Music Of The Surf', 'Musique', 'My Vagabond', 'Myst', 'Mysterioso', 'Mystic Magic", 'Mystic Rites', 'Mysticano', 'Mystify',

Tall Bearded (N-R): 'Natural Grace', 'Neo Classic', 'Neon At Dusk', 'Neutron Dance', 'Never Been Kissed', 'New Lover', 'Noble Class', 'Noble Contessa', 'Noble Dragon', 'Noble Heritage', 'Noble Poet', 'Nobleman's Fancy', 'Noon Siesta', 'Nothing but Class', 'Nutcracker', 'Obsessed', 'October Dreaming', 'Oh James', 'Oh She Said', 'Olive Windows', 'On Clover', 'On the Boulevarde', 'On the Podium', 'One for Later', 'One Man's Art', 'Only A Dream', 'Only You', 'Opal Veil', 'Opera Call', 'Orange Music', 'Oratorio', 'Orchid Song', 'Orchid Wine', 'Organza', 'Oriental Alabaster', 'Orienteer', 'Out To Lunch', 'Outer Limits', 'Over the Blues', 'Oxford Countess', 'Pacific Gambler', 'Pacific Realm', 'Pagan Dance', 'Pagan Knight', 'Pagan Mirth', 'Paint the Scene', 'Painted Blue', 'Painted Caravans', 'Painted Flutes', 'Painted from Memory', 'Painted Softly', 'Painted Words', 'Palace Gossip', 'Palace Lane', 'Palace Symphony', 'Palace Treasure', 'Pamper Me', 'Paris Kiss', 'Paris Memory', 'Paris Option', 'Pass The Wine', 'Passa Tempo', 'Passiona', 'Passionista', 'Passionately Yours', 'Pastel Beau', 'Pay The Poet', 'Peace Begins', 'Peal Of Bells', 'Peking Dancer', 'Pepperjack', 'Perhaps Love', 'Persian Smoke', 'Pharaoh's Spirit', 'Physique', 'Piccadilly Party', 'Piper's Flute', 'Pirate Ahoy', 'Pirate Queen', 'Platinum Class', 'Platinum Passion', 'Pleasure State', 'Plenty Of Jazz', 'Plume D'Or', 'Poetess', 'Poetic Dream', 'Poetic Harmony', 'Poetic Heart', 'Poetic Walk', 'Polar Queen', 'Polkadot Tapestry', 'Polynesian Flame', 'Polynesian Princess', 'Pompeii Lady', 'Pop Music', 'Popstar', 'Poster Girl', 'Power and Design', 'Power of Dreams', 'Powderpuff Girl', 'Power of One', 'Pretty Edgy', 'Pretty Swish', 'Pretty Witch', 'Primaluna', 'Prince of Hearts', 'Proposal', 'Puff the Magic', 'Pure Excitement', 'Pure Romance', 'Purist', 'Quaffable', 'Quantum Light', 'Queen of Elegance', 'Racing Heart', 'Rain Crystal', 'Raise the Curtain', 'Raise Your Glass', 'Ranee's Palace', 'Rarer Than Rubies', 'Realm Of Ruffles', 'Reckless In Denim', 'Red Accent', 'Regal Impact', 'Regal Knave', 'Rembrandt Magic', 'Restart My Heart', 'Revenge', 'Rhapsodic', 'Rhythm and Blues', 'Rhythm of Love', 'Ride the Waves', 'Road Song', 'Rocket Master', 'Rogue Trader', 'Roman Palace', 'Roman Rhythm', 'Roman Song', 'Roman Walk', 'Romancer', 'Romantic Gentleman', 'Romantico', 'Room for Romance', 'Roving Gambler', 'Royal Harlequin', 'Royal Honey', 'Royal Mystique', 'Royal Orders', 'Rubenesque', 'Ruby Haze', 'Ruby Royal', 'Ruby Torch', 'Rules of Love', 'Ruling Lord',

Tall Bearded (S): 'Safari Sunset', 'Saffron Drift', 'Saladancer', 'Salamander Bay', 'Salem Gypsy', 'Salome's Butterfly', 'Samarkand Road', 'Samba Queen', 'Samurai Silk', 'Sapharine', 'Saranesse', 'Sassy Sister', 'Sassy Talk', 'Satin Stitch', 'Scottish Rebel', 'Scottish Reel', 'Sculptress', 'Sea for Miles', 'Secret Agenda', 'Secret Status', 'Secret Weekend', 'Seeking Attention', 'Sentimentalist', 'Serena Louisa', 'Serene Sea', 'Serengeti', 'Set to Music', 'Shade of Elegance', 'Shadows', 'Shadow Vale', 'Shah's Court', 'Shared Secrets', 'She', 'She Can Tango', 'Sheer Madness', 'Sherbet Bomb', 'She's Lovely.' 'She's Sweet', 'Shipboard Romance', 'Shiralee', 'Shiver Of Gold', 'Shortbread Creme', 'Show Royale', Show Your Colours', 'Shy Glance', 'Shy Girl', 'Sigh of Colours', 'Silent One', 'Silk And Honey', 'Silk Degrees', 'Silk Romance', 'Silk Run', 'Silk Sari', 'Silky Moment', 'Silver Stitch', 'Sirocco Mist', 'Sky Dancing', 'Sky Echo Too', 'Sky Gambler', 'Smoke and Thunder', 'Smoking Aces', 'Smoky Ruler', 'Smoky Whispers', 'Snaparazzi', 'Snow D'Or', 'Snowlight', 'So', 'Soaring', 'Sofia', 'Softly Waiting', 'Soiree Girl', 'Some Are Angels', 'Somewhat Fancy', 'Songsmith', 'Sostenique', 'Soul Kiss', 'Soul Power', 'Soul Singer', 'Sound of Gold', 'Southern Grace', 'Spanish Holiday', 'Spice Lord', 'Spring Child', 'Stars Turn Out', 'Started With A Kiss', 'Stay Stylish', 'Sterling Trader', 'Stillness', 'Stop Flirting', 'Stop The Traffic', 'Storm Brewing', 'Storm Trooper', 'Strawberry Spy', 'Street Dancer', 'Street Scene', 'Street Sensation', 'Street Talk', 'Strictly Jazz', 'Style Traveller', 'Stylish Edge', 'Stylist', 'Sudden Bliss', 'Sugar Blush', 'Sugar Bomb', 'Sugar Street', 'Sugar With That', 'Sultan's Daughter', 'Summer Place', 'Sunday Concert', 'Sunrose', 'Sunset Lodge', 'Sunset Plaza', 'Super Dancer', 'Surf Lady', 'Surfie Girl', 'Swain', 'Sweet As Honey', 'Sweet Delight', 'Sweet Geisha', 'Sweet Kisses', 'Sweet Seduction', 'Sweet Svengali', 'Sweet Talking Woman', 'Sweetly Sung', 'Swordsman',

Tall Bearded (T-Z): 'Taffeta Bow', 'Taffeta Princess', 'Taffeta Tantrum', 'Tahitian Affair', 'Taj Rani', 'Taj Regis' , 'Tango Amigo' , 'Tango Bravo', 'Tango Express', 'Tantalizing', 'Taste of Harmony', 'Taste the Magic', 'Tempesto', 'Temple of Time', 'Temple Spirit', 'Tempo Rouge', 'Tend My Heart', 'Ten All 'Round', 'Ten of Hearts', 'Terracotta Bay', 'That Song', 'Think Diamonds', 'Thrillionaire', 'Thundermaker', 'Tiffany Time', 'Timeless Theme', 'Titian Silk', 'Tomorrow's Child', 'Totally Charmed', 'Totally Hot', 'Touch A Cloud', 'Touch of Bronze', 'Touch Of Gossip', 'Touch Of Mahogany', 'Town Clown', 'Town Crier', 'Town Gossip', 'Tranquil Star', 'Travelling North', 'Treasure Trader', 'Trend Master', 'Tropical Love', 'Truly Kissed', 'Truly Wicked', 'Tuscan Glow', 'Tuscan Villa', 'Twirl The Kilt', 'Twist and Shout', 'Under A Cloud', 'Unspoken Passion', 'Up Dancing', 'Valley Of Dreams', 'Vanda Song', 'Vanilla Kisses', 'Venetian Queen', 'Venus Bay' , 'Venus Butterfly', 'Venus Magic', 'Verbena Moon', 'Victory Chant', 'Viking Dancer', 'Village Gossip', 'Vivacity', 'Voodoo Blues', 'Voodoo Spell', 'Waiting for George', 'Warm Touch', 'Wearing Pink', 'Wearing Rubies', 'Wedding Kiss', 'What Magic', 'What Now My Love', 'Whisper Her Name', 'Who's A Toff', 'Who's Your Daddy' , 'Wicked Romeo', 'Wicked Woman', 'Wild Sugar', 'Wild Vision', 'Winsome Dancer', 'Wish', 'Wish Waltz', 'Witching, 'Witch's Wand', 'With Daring', 'With Panache', 'Woman's Love', 'Word Has It', 'Worlds Beyond', 'Woven Sunlight', 'Wych Way', 'Yes', 'Yes Squire', 'You Can Dance', 'You're Gorgeous', 'Zesty Belle', 'Zillionaire', 'Zip To The Moon',

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Awards

Barry Blyth's AIS Medal Awarded Iris

Below you will find a picture gallery with a link to Barry Blyth's iris that won the Wister Medal.

2010:

'Decadence', Tall Bearded Wister Medal 2010 Award of Merit 2008 Honorable Mention 2006 Walther Cup 2006

Printable inclusive list of Barry Blyth's AIS Iris Awards as of April 2025 with links to each iris.

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Iris publications

• 2012: Présentation; Objectifs d'hybridation; Voyage en France; Culture des graines d’iris, étape par étape in IRIS et BULBEUSES n°162, pp. 6-19.

Tempo Two catalogs

Autobiographical Notes

So you can get your head around my records I have to explain the time length over which the crosses were made and the very end was messed up with covid and my US travels as well. Although I was brought up in a nursery and gained good horticultural qualifications, I did not make any crosses until I returned from 2 years in England where the family nursery still thrived until 1966 when my last great uncle died and the business closed down. They did not hybridise Iris, they worked with a myriad of alpines, perennials & some succulents. This was all on my mothers side of the family and I did not work in the family nursery in England but in 2 very large English tree, shrub & perennial nurseries, John Waterer & Son & Crisp, then Hilliers which even to this day have the largest collection of plants for sale anywhere in the world. I was open to growing anything and I was 22 years old.

Magic happened…. We had a lot of Iris that my dad grew and he crossed them. He kept no records and just knew them by their colour descriptions. Sometime prior to the start of WW11 Dad had bought Iris from Jean Stevens in New Zealand and she knew that I was back in Australia and she gave me a rhizome of Sunset Snows before she introduced it to the world. She said it was a pink amoena. I thought "oh yeah" maybe as I had a good knowledge of the genetics of tetraploid TB’s from my college plant breeding classes. Anyway Sunset Snow flowered the next year and the morning I saw it I thought….. That is amazing. I thought it was technically impossible, but there it was. It so happened that in that era we had a very modern collection of mostly American Iris and I had thought at the time the weakest colour patterns were the bicolours & amoenas. Lots of the blue amoenas were diploids so more or less dead ends in improving them. Sunset Snows to the rescue. I used every anther and was rewarded with such an array of bicolour variations my life course for hybridizing was set. I was going to breed better coloured Iris, particularly bicolours and amoenas. And to some extent it has worked and is still going in US & France. I made crosses then for the next 60 years, going through the alphabet twice and getting to the later F for the 3rd time when I stopped and retired. I had registered over 1500 named TB’s and a few others as well. I Think Keith Keppel has all my breeding records, though maybe not the last 4 or 5 years, not certain as covid messed it all up.

So I have very careful records of what I did and hundreds of images. Most of the images are just on file and there are also 6 programs I used in talks in various places over the years to show budding hybridizers what can be achieved. I made over 40 journeys to America and although I did not give programs on every journey, at least on 25 years I did and some years I gave 6 or 7 in different places one after the other. (I know how some of these singing stars felt after a lot of concerts, absolutely exhausted)

Also here it gets a bit complex. Because I could visit US in out autumn, I was staying with Keith Keppel and I made crosses in his garden. He sent me the seed. He often came to Australia in our spring and made crosses here. So did Thomas Johnson, Dave Niswonger, Paul Black and several very keen French hybridizers. So the bicolour, amoena pattern (I call it the SSS pattern or Sunset Snows pattern) got a good work out. It still is with Thomas Johnson and several hybridizers in France. There is also a young guy who lives in the next state west of us (South Australia)who used to come over as a teenager and make crosses. He is Bailey Schiller and is just finishing Uni and has an Iris business going well with his mum (Melissa) He visits US (Oregon) quite often and will be there again this May. He also uses the Iris I had for his base for making crosses and he imports new US varieties each year. Their business is called Smokin’ Heights and they have a web page & catalogue.

I think that is enough information about what I have. I am happy to send all the images I have and the programs I gave on a USB stick. Pedigrees are in big heavy books, so I don’t know how to handle that but there are no images in it, Just lists of crosses. Keith K. has most of them along with a lot of Jean Stevens crosses though the 10 0r 11 years of the Sunset Snows pedigrees are missing. One image I can add to this email is one image of a flow chart for the pink amoena pattern. This is on a roll about 20 feet long when rolled out and I will added it here to show you that this is rather complex.

Let me know how you want to do this. I have to say that the last Iris I introduced, or Thomas did for me at Mid America are not shown on this long roll because the plan was, I sent the plants as seedlings to Thomas and I then selected them when I was in Oregon in May and registered them, Thomas introduced them. Covid arrived and Thomas had to do it all, though I did get the first two years of selecting. Thomas did the last 2 years & he named them. They are all finished at Mid America and maybe Bailey Schiller has 1 or 2 to introduce as I sent him a few selections in the last season here before we closed. That was 2018. I think this year & next he will have a couple. These ones Thomas named and Bailey will name, I don’t have any registration cards for them. That is just for them. By the way, I have no Iris now but lots of plants. I live in a town House in Berwick, 50 km east of Melbourne with too much shade from old huge trees for Iris. So around 1500 different succulents. About 500 small alpines and perennials and 200 hanging baskets of perennials & succulents. Keeps me out of mischief.

This is the flow chart I kept over the nearly 60 years of the Sunset Snows line and what I named from it. Sunset Snows is at the bottom of the photo between the 2nd & 3rd pink lines with 2 green squares to the left and 2 green squares to the right. All the rest highlighted green are named things from the SSS line. The Blue ones are other peoples bicolour or amoenas I intercrossed with the SSS line. The non coloured ones are Blyth bicolour introductions or biccolour & amoena seedlings never named but used.

It is interesting that Jean Stevens (Sunset Snows breeder) from New Zealand is being recognised by the N.Z. Government and a garden is being set up to feature her Iris and her Proteaceae seedlings. Her Niece Karen Wigglesworth came to see me last April to see what information I had about her work. It is impossible to send Iris or any plants to New Zealand. Totally against the law but seed can be sent if a permit is available. So a couple of times I have made crosses in Keith’s garden for the NZ Iris society. Keith or Thomas sent the seed and I had images of the seedlings so I was able to attend the NZ meeting when the auctioned the seed and I had pictures of the Keppel seedlings and named varieties that I used. It was a lot of fun & I have heard that some lovely more modern Iris have flowered. The ban on any plants to NZ began in 2004, so they were far behind. Karen was back here last week & I took her to the Proteaceae nursery to talk to the Leucaspermum & Leucadendron breeder about Jeans programs there. Jean was quite a lady. Karens work is all paid for by the NZ government.

Hybridizing Notes