We are proud to be able to introduce the hybridizing work of Jim & Vicki Craig.  They planted their first iris in the summer of 1962 in Entiat, WA.  The Craig's quickly learned that there were two commercial gardens nearby and visited them that same year.  Lovella Noyd and Gordon Plough both opened their gardens to the public and Jim & Vicki made many visits to the gardens.  Jim decided the following year to try his hand at hybridizing.  In 1967, after being challenged by Gordon, Jim began hybridizing with I. aphylla species with the goal of miniaturizing TB's.

The Craig's are now specialists in a variety of median classes using a base of I. aphylla.  The benefits derived from this species are many.  Multiple branching, higher bud count, shorter foliage and proportionately petite stalks and blooms.  All of which leads us to highlight their latest introductions.

Lee Walker has been with us for several years now and we are proud to be making his introductions for him.  Lee's hybridizing efforts spans a wide variety of irises and he always has his eye out for an outstanding cultivar.

In our full color catalogs we have a great variety of species, species crosses and of course, modern introductions.  A copy of our color catalog is available for $5.00 which is deductible with your 2008 order.

Enjoy the Newer Introductions below.

	SAY RED Craig '08 MTB 22" EM garnet red with closed standards, flaring falls and bright yellow beards.  Triple terminals, 2 branches with 6+ buds.  Bloom is 31/2" wide and 2" tall. Vigorous and fertile . . . . . . . . .                      $25.00
	MAIDENHOOD Craig '08 MTB 17" E very petite, opens pale lavender and becomes white with dark orange beards.  Three branches.  Parentage includes 'Pioneer Pink', 'Rave Review' and an orange seedling among others.  Great breeding potential. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      $25.00
	FOXY LASS Craig '08 MTB 23" EM this bicolor has very classy form.  Creamy light lavender standards, rich reddish lavender falls with dark orange beards, very flared and nicely ruffled, 2-3 branches and 6-7 buds, short foliage.  Blooms are  31/2" X 2". Fertile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      $25.00
	RETURN TO ME Craig '08 MTB 20" EM RE we are presenting a reblooming MTB for your enjoyment.  This one is a consist rebloomer with 2-3 branches and 4-6 buds in the Spring.  The semi-flared flowers bear pale lavender standards which turn white and medium violet falls with bright yellow beards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       $25.00
	SULTRY DREAMS Craig '08 IB 25" EM a rich sultry red brown self with gold touched shoulders and a neon blue flush below big bronze beards.  2-3 branches, 6-8 buds.  Blooms 31/2" X 3".  Very vigorous and fertile both ways        $20.00
	CAPTURED Craig '08 IB 24" EM 2-3 branches standards are smooth light to medium apricot, falls are light apricot at the hafts with veining which flows to the sides and down the falls.  Light apricot extended shoulders.  Rich lavender flash from the tip of the dark reddish beards nearly to the outer edge of the flatly flared falls  Pod fertile . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     $20.00
	MINION Craig '08 IB 26" M pink standards have a light yellow center stripe with green veining.  Pink styles edged yellow.  Falls have a white base overlaid with lavender veining which intensifies toward the edge of the falls.  A bright red tangerine beard highlights the center of the flower.  Blooms are 31/2" X 3"; fertile both ways . . . . . . . . .                    $20.00
	SIMPLE JOYS Craig '08 BB 26" EM pink standards top the fuchsia falls which are surrounded by a lavender band.  Dark orange beards add a finishing touch to this real eye catcher.  Three branches and 8 buds (Triple terminal). Blooms are 4" X 3", Very showy with white marks around the beards. Fertile both ways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    $25.00
	MY DEARIE Craig '08 SDB 12" VE very flared falls and closed domed standards on this bright yellow, which features a rich gold spot below the yellow beards.  One of the earliest SDB's and it bloomed for over 30 days in 2007.  A real bright spot in any garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     $15.00
	SUN SPIRIT Craig '07 MTB 22" EML is a rich orange, with closed, domed and lightly ruffled standards, semi flared falls & tangerine orange beards, three branches, slender flexible stalk.  Triple terminal buds.  First really dark orange tetraploid $20.00
	ORANGE RUSH Craig '07 BB 20" EM. medium orange standards, nicely ruffled, with a flush of light apricot, very round, flaring falls. some haft marks.  There is a slightly darker orange stripe from the beard to the edge of the falls.  Rich orange beard, 2-3 branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     $20.00

	FIRE OPAL ORANGE Lee Walker '08 MDB. Bright orange midseason self that is 7 inches tall with large mandarin orange beards  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     $15.00
	VANILLA YELLOW Lee Walker '08 SDB. 11 inches tall this midseason SDB has medium yellow standards lighter at the edges; cream styles; white falls edged medium yellow with yellow spot surrounding cream tipped gold beards, sweet fragrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    $15.00
	JESTER'S CROWN Lee Walker '08 SDB.  12" ML gold standards with light violet over bronze edge at base with a violet midrib, dark gold styles, yellow falls with red violet becoming brown edge, gold rim, gold hafts veined brown, dark cadmium orange beards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    $15.00
	COWBOY HAT PINK Lee Walker '08 SDB.  10 3/4" M medium pink standards with gold rim, medium pink styles with gold edge, medium pink falls veined violet with a gold cast at hafts, violet beards tipped pink, spicy fragrance.         $15.00
	SPLASH OF LIGHT Lee Walker '07 SDB.  12 1/2" EM cream yellow ground standards with lavender edge and speckling; falls same with light green halts veined dark green;  beards gold orange in throat, grey tipped gold-orange in middle, grey lavender at end . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       $10.00
	BLUE STAR CRAOLA Lee Walker '08 JA. 31" M 3F dark red violet based standards with faint yellow signal and with flue violet center and veining over light gray blue, gray styles with red violet rim and tip, gray blue-white falls with blue violet halo and faint blue violet edge extending half way up, medium yellow signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     $35.00
	VIOLET CRAOLA VORTEX Lee Walker '08 JA. 36" M 3F grey-blue standards veined red violet with red violet base and rim, blue styles with red violet edge, gray-white falls with red violet base and veining, red violet edge and prominent blue halo around yellow signal, nicely ruffled . . . . .                     $35.00
	TWILIGHT MARBLE Lee Walker '08 JA (tet).  39" M 3F this tetraploid Japanese Iris has red violet standards veined darker red violet with a thin gray edge, styles are red violet specked gray, gray ground falls are speckled red violet with a blue violet halo and veining, medium yellow signal.  A hybridizers special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      $35.00
	MULBERRY TANGO Lee Walker '07 JA.  33 1/2" M 6F gray ground overlaid mulberry violet self with blue and gray veins running to 3/4" from the solid edge, styles white with red violet edge and tip, petaloids red violet tipped violet, blue violet halo around yellow signal. ruffled. . . . . .                      $35.00
	ORANGE CREAM Lee Walker '08 Spuria.  44 1/2" ml Cream yellow standards with cream white edge and deeper yellow at base, cream styles arms, dark yellow falls with a cream white edge, nicely ruffled wide petals with a slight fragrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     $35.00
	LEMON TOWER Lee Walker '08 Spuria.  45-60" M bright medium yellow self, ruffled with a slight fragrance, tall on study talks that hold up well, many buds . . . . .                     $35.00
	HONEY MOCHA LOTTA Lee Walker '06 Spuria.  48" M mocha brown standards with medium yellow base, yellow styles, tipped & edged mocha brown, falls rich mocha brown veined gold with a gold center . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       $25.00
	SOLAR FUSION Lee Walker '05 Spuria.  47" EM yellow based standards veined red maroon, yellow styles tipped maroon, dark yellow falls with faint maroon veining extending to thin red maroon rims, nicely ruffled . . . . .                     $15.00

	PINTO BEAN Duane Meek '07 SDB. 9" EML  Standards cream ground, green midrib, tan edge, speckled brown and violet; falls similar with more violet at haft; beards bronze $10.00
	WILDWOOD WILLY Michael Iler I. '07 I. milesii species 24-30", M. Standards white veined and striped lavender; style arms dark lavender in center, white edges; Falls white veined dark lavender and purple, red purle at end with thin white edged.  Parentage unknown seed from SIGNA            $30.00
	GRAPEVINE Will Plotner '07 TB 36" M.  standards lilac purple, veined plum purple; style arms Indian yellow on undersides; falls mazarine blue, 3/8" plicata rim of lilac purple; beards Indian yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    $15.00
	BLAZING SPEED Meek’08 PC 14” ML Fax Purple standards with thin Minute Blue edge, lighter in the center with Indian purple veins; Venetian Pink styles edged and feathered flax purple; Caprice Mauve falls with thin Minute Blue edge veined dark Indian purple  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00
	SURVIVORS SON Plotner’08 PC 15” ML Cornflower Blue standards veined darker with a Clamatis Purple mid-stripe and thin Flaxflower Blue edge; Styles ar Cornflower Blue with a Flaxflower Blue center; Columbine Blue falls veined darker with thin Flaxflower Blue edge…This is our first Wild Survivor Protige  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25.00