Tall bearded

BAMBOO SHADOWS

€10.00

New and strange: absinthe yellow to buff yellow standards; almost horizontal falls, absinthe to amber yellow with a hint of light violet below the bronze yellow beards. Prolific plants producing numerous tall stalks with many buds. Strong ruffling.

BARBE NOIRE

€12.00

Faïence de Gien's excellent seedling brother is very elegant but taller. Its exceptional lower branching stalks carry 7 to 8 buds. It features milk-white standards whilst the very wide white falls have lovely violet and purplish black borders (over 2 cm) and are veined with fine lines of the same colour which run parallel to the golden yellow beards.

Flowering:Mid-season

BEAUTY CONTEST

€15.00

Mid-pink standards turning to white on edges, deep grape-purple falls, slightly veined darker and pinky white border (8 mm wide). Coral red beards. Branching and count of buds variable (5-9 buds in average).

Flowering:Mid-season

BELGIAN PRINCESS

€6.00

Soft lavender standards and white falls tinted very pale pinkish lavender, contrasted against the bright tangerine beards. An iris with lots of finesse and great style! Very ruffled flowers, 8 to 9 buds per stem. Vigorous grower with good resistance to disease.

BELLE DE NUIT

€6.00

Broad flowers showing a lovely contrast: pale blue standards on wide and velvety pansy violet-blue falls, lighter on edges. Small tangerine beard with a white end. Good grower.

Flowering:Mid-season

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BELLE ÉTOILE

€12.00

Clear yellow standards turning to white on edges. Almost horizontal falls , white with a wide purple pink border (12 to 15 mm). Orange yellow beards.

Flowering:Early

BELLE SURPRISE

€15.00

One of our favourites in 2022 ! Mauve standards turning to beige-green on edges, horizontal purple-violet falls with a tan border. Golden bronzed beards. Truly new and a real charm inherited from its parent ‘Nelly Tardivier’ . 8 buds per stem .

Flowering:Mid-season

BLEU MANTEAU

€12.00

Bluish-white standards with a touch of grey, velvety violet-purple falls with a lavender border. Quite fine smoky, orange beards. Beautiful low branched stems. Similar to ‘Profond Mystère’, but superior, in our opinion. (Cayeux sowing 11 193 A).

BLUE CRUSADER

€7.00

Tall stems, large ruffled flowers, extremely vigorous: it is a new deep violet of noble stature. Beards of the same colour. Each rhizome can produce three or more fans and each stem carries 7 to 8 flowers.

BLUE TEMPTATION

€7.00

Marvellous really pure mid-blue, bred from two equally wonderful blues: "Yaquina Blue" and "Oregon Skies". Yellow beards tipped with blue, nearly invisible in this cerulean ocean. Very big flowers (10 cm x 16 cm), gently ruffled.

Flowering:Mid-season

BOLD ENCOUNTER

€6.00

Excellent variegata with old gold standards flushed burgundy at their base and velvety cherry black falls, narrowly edged with gilt-brown. Old gold beards. Superb stalks with 3 branches and 9 to 10 buds. Ruffled flowers and vigorous growth.

Flowering:Mid-season to late

BONNE FIGURE

€20.00

Gorgeous is this plain beetroot red with deep bronze beards relatively discreet. Large and ruffled flowers (character inherited from its parent ‘Diabolique’). Tall stems, very elegant and 10 buds in average.

BORD DE LOIRE

€10.00

A choice contribution in the medium blue category (not so developed elsewhere). Gracefully wavy semi-horizontal falls with fairly discreet light blue beards. Good branching and 7 to 8 buds on average per stem. Really very, very blue! (Cayeux Sowing 09 202 A).

BORD DE MER

€7.00

Creamy white standards faintly tinted with pale green and white falls with a precise, mid-blue border. Pure yellow beards. Wavy, large flowers and an average of 9 buds per stem.

Flowering:Mid-season

BRASERO

€6.00

Warm butter yellow standards, burgundy red falls lighter around the discreet orange beards. A reliable long-flowerer, it brings a new contrast to the category variegata. Easy to propagate.