All of My Love to You (Rice-JA, 2008)
height 26in (66cm), bloom 5.5in (14.0cm), season M, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, 20 buds, 3 branches, Dark burgundy with gold edge above green throat. (unknown X unknown)
At the Midnight Cry (Anderson-Ca., 2014)
height 28 in.(71 cm), bloom 6 in.(15 cm), season EM, Rebloom, Evergreen, Tetraploid, Fragrant, 13 buds, 3 branches, Deep velvet burgundy black, black eye, fine white serrated edges, sepals often white shark’s teeth, chartreuse throat radiates onto petals with spiked, feathered edge often fuchsia, orange and yellow band, white midribs deep fuchsia as extends onto petals. (Ebony Pools × Spacecoast Bull Gator
Back to Black (Cochenour, 2011)
height 30 in.(76 cm), bloom 4 in.(10 cm), season MLa, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, 20 buds, 5 branches, Unusual Form Crispate, Near black that changes to chocolate brown with black eye and cheetah pattern about 25 percent of the time, yellow throat. (Brer Rabbit's Baby × sdlg)
Awesome - grows well in zone 4!
Klehm 2015- height 36in (91cm), bloom 6in (15.0cm), season M, Rebloom, Dormant, Tetraploid, Deep purple with jagged white teeth on petals slightly deeper purple halo, greenish yellow throat.
height 38", bloom 8", season EM, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Unusual Form Cascade, Black purple blend with light purple watermark above chartreuse throat.
((Paradise Lost X (Smoke and Mirrors X sdlg)) X Jerry Hyatt)
Tetraploid 28" Midseason Dormant emo fr 5 3/4" 3-4 way branching 18-24 buds. Fertile both ways. Rebloomer. Very good rust resistance. USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 4-9.
Flowers of Black Wolf are burgundy black with a multi-colored triple edge and dual colored white and gold teeth, capped off with a green throat. This is my best toothy introduction of 2017, and one that makes people stop and stare in the garden. It brings a dark color rarely seen in a toothy flower with a hard dormant line that also grows well in the south. If you pick just one flower this year- it should be this one. Grows well across zones- tested in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama and Florida. Easily pod and pollen-fertile, it has been a great parent, passing on its stunning looks and saturated color on to its kids.
height 35in (89cm), bloom 11in (28.0cm), season E, Rebloom, Evergreen, Tetraploid, 18 buds, 4 branches, Unusual Form Cascade, Dark purple with large yellow green throat. (Buddy's Wild and Wonderful X Crazy Crane)
Great tall well branched scapes! Fertile and a worthwhile garden addition.
Buddy's Pierre (Hall-J., 2021)
height 28 inches (71 cm), bloom 6.75 inches (17 cm), season E, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, 20 buds, 4 branches, Black purple with wire gold edge and green center. (Buddy's Black Lady × Duck's Dark Side)
Champion Bloodline (Simpson-E., 2014)
height 34 in.(86 cm), bloom 6 in.(15 cm), season EM, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Fragrant, 23 buds, 4 branches, Black burgundy velvet with a green throat and yellow teeth. (God Save the Queen × Dragon Fang)
Charmcaster (Gossard, 2015)
height 36 in.(91 cm), bloom 9 in.(23 cm), season EM, Rebloom, Dormant, Diploid, Fragrant, 22 buds, 4 branches, Unusual Form Crispate-Cascade, Dark maroon purple with a darker near purple black eyezone and a very green throat. (Navajo Pony × Emerald Starburst)
CRAZY CAT LADY - (Seifert, 2018)
height 42 in.(106 cm), bloom 8.5 in.(21 cm), season La, Dormant, Diploid, 18 buds, 3 branches, Unusual Form Spatulate, Dark velvet burgundy with wide chartreuse throat.. (Raven Woodsong × Laura Harwood)
Very LATE. So late that it lights up the empty garden, causing late visitors to say, "Ohh,what's that?" Because it's late, I have forgotten to use it, but it sets tons of bee pods, so I can say that it is fertile!
Creature of the Night (Reed, 1999)
height 34 in.(86 cm), bloom 7 in.(18 cm), season M, Dormant, Diploid, Spider Ratio 4.00:1, Purple with white midrib and white cream lemon throat.
Awards: AM 2009, HM 2004
Dad's Black Gold (Sattelmeier, 2016)
height 30 in.(76 cm), bloom 5 in.(13 cm), season M, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Purple black flower with gold teeth, gold eye, heavy substance. ((Predator × Randy Stephens) × Briar Patch)
Even Stephen (Reed, 2005)
height 40 in.(102 cm), bloom 7 in.(18 cm), season MLa, Dormant, Diploid, 22 buds, 2 branches, Unusual Form Crispate, Black purple with black eye above green throat.
Firefly Cove (2015) BOUMAN (Paha Sapa Thundercloud X Born to Reign)
Tetraploid Glossy dark cranberry purple with a feathered raspberry rose halo around a yellow to green throat. Red stamens, Ruffled petal edges with a gold wire outline. 5, 40, Dor, ML, 5-6 branches, 22 buds, fertile both ways.
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If there is a place called Firefly Cove, I think I want to picnic there with a sweet woman in the twilight and watch the fireflies in the gentle air. Until such a vision becomes reality, this flower, glossier than a show car and with color deeper than 32 coats of hand-rubbed laquer, will have to suffice. It's a knockout.
GREG TROTTER (Rice, J + A, 2013) is burgundy purple with a white gold toothy edge and a green throat. It blooms in the mid-season and frequently reblooms. The flowers are 4.75 “ on 30” scapes with 2 branches. It is a semi-evergreen tetraploid. Fertile both ways.
Since it first bloomed, GREG TROTTER has been a handsome and well-mannered purple with a precisely defined white gold toothy edge. The color is black purple in cool weather and more burgundy purple when it is hot. This flower will do its very best with afternoon shade. In our garden, GREG TROTTER blooms nearly every day for over a month.
Jumping Jack (Maryott, 2013)
height 37in (94cm), bloom 6.25in (16.0cm), season M, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, 30 buds, 3 branches, Unusual Form Cascade, Very dark purple with large triangular appliqué throat extending out on petals and sepals. (sdlg × sdlg)
height 40in (102cm), bloom 6.5in (16.5cm), season M, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Very Fragrant, 40 buds, 9 branches, Black red self above green throat.
(Midnight Magic X Vino Di Notte)
FABULOUS PLANT HABIT!
Larry's Twilight Bite (Gossard, 2012)
height 31in (79cm), bloom 8.5in (21.5cm), season MLa, Rebloom, Dormant, Tetraploid, Fragrant, 22 buds, 4 branches, Cranberry purple with a darker wine eyezone, sepals and petals are edged in claws, fangs, teeth and tentacles, color of which can be vary by position from gold to green to white, all above a yellow green throat. (((Sun Bear × Julie Newmar) × Sword Dancer) × Rosy Spiketail)
Paint It Black (Benz-J., 2004)
height 34 in.(86 cm), bloom 6 in.(15 cm), season M, Rebloom, Dormant, Tetraploid, Fragrant, 35 buds, 4 branches, Black purple self above lime green throat. (Duke of Burgundy × Tet. Grand Masterpiece)
Probable Caws for a Murder (Seifert, 2024)
height 30 inches (76 cm), bloom 6.5 inches (16 cm), season M, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, 25 buds, 4 branches, Deep reddish black with slight white edge, chartreuse throat, and satiny sheen.. (sdlg × Night Wings)
Rolling Thunder (Benz, 1989)
height 28 inches (71 cm), bloom 5.5 inches (14 cm), season M, Dormant, Tetraploid, Fragrant, Near black self with an emerald-green throat.
Seraphim Night Flight (Sims-P.C., 2014)
height 25 in.(64 cm), bloom 6 in.(15 cm), season EM, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Fragrant, Dark red black with pale violet cream watermark and cream violet pencil edge. (sdlg × sdlg)
SKEDADDLE (Selman 2011) (TETRA HOLLY DANCER X VELVET RIBBONS)
46" M UFO SEV 8.5" TET
Black red self with huge yellow to green throat. Petals are gently ruffled with definite crispate tendencies. Extremely hardy and vigorous with stellar four to five-way branching and 32 buds. Fertile both ways. Unusual Form.
height 32in (81cm), bloom 5.75in (14.5cm), season EE, Rebloom, Dormant, Diploid, 45 buds, 5 branches, Double 99%, Black red self above yellow to green throat. (Country Pride X Poseidon)
height 28in (71cm), bloom 4.5in (11.5cm), season M, Rebloom, Dormant, Diploid, Fragrant, 22 buds, 3 branches, Royal red purple with black veins above light grass green throat.
height 32in (81cm), bloom 6in (15.0cm), season M, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, 25 buds, 5 branches, Near black with deep black eye.
(Midnight Angel X Velvet Elvis)