Patty, I will have to confess that when I first saw a plicata it was not my favorite iris pattern. Also, it was purple which was so common during my childhood, in neighborhood gardens, I was not impressed. I got one because I had the room and it was lovely. Over time they have grown on me. My favorite iris are the medians and they now have so many tiny guys with little rims and plics and they are beautiful. One little SDB Hee Haw is white with rosy purple plicata and its coloring. along with its form, make it gorgeous. I have put a TB on my list to order this year called Halloween Moon. It has a yellow ground with smokey lavender plicata and dots. I have considered it for two seasons and I know I will love it. I have a TB NOID that opens white with lavender plicata on standards and falls and within a few hours becomes white with pink plicata. It stops everyone who comes to visit my iris. I look forward to its bloom each spring and would not like to be without it. smiles
