'Midnight Velvet' (Thomas Johnson, R. 2014). Seedling TC175B. TB, 32" (81 cm), Early bloom. Standards deep purple plicata over white ground; style arms deep purple; falls deep purple bar across hafts and wide deep purple-black plicata fall band on white ground, slight purple center stripe; beards purple, hairs tipped orange; slight fragrance. Seedling TY114AA: ('Blackberry Tease' x Keppel seedling 98-204A, 'Under the Tuscan Sun' pod parent sibling) X seedling TY43AA: ('High Master' x 'Blackberry Tease'). Mid-America 2014. Honorable Mention 2016; Award of Merit 2019. 3rd Prize ex-aequo Franciris® 2017.