Well, I just prepared my Mid-America order for mailing tomorrow, and I ended up selecting seven new introductions (with a 25% discount!): BABY I LOVE YOU, DARING DECEPTION, FLAMINGO FRENZY, RUMOR HAS IT, STRAWBERRY FREEZE, WICKED GOOD, and the Border Bearded introduction WILD.
Then I ended up ordering about a dozen others from their general section. They have discontinued their Bonus Program, but in their message at the end of the catalog they indicated they will be giving bonus plants from this year's new introductions and other recent Mid-America introductions based on the size of the order. And they said that suggestions for gift plants are welcome -- so I sent them a list of 28 new and recent introductions (back as far as 2007 with INK PATTERNS) and indicated I would be thrilled to receive any of them as a gift plant! What a brazen hussy I am!!!
EDIT: They also have a second website that is currently under development for online ordering, and I suspect it will be updated and ready within the next couple of weeks:
http://www.beardedirisflowers....
I should note that some of the prices of the irises I checked on that new website were a little higher than the prices of the same irises in the new catalog, though, so I suspect the prices need updating on that website. Paul Black has retired, although he will still handle international orders and will continue to prepare that fabulous catalog -- and he will still be doing the hybridizing and they will continue to carry his introductions. YEA! It's a win-win!
