Tall bearded

SAPHIR JAUNE

€7.00

A rare bicolor featuring pale lavender-blue standards with falls of yellow with a hint of ochre or golden yellow and thin but neat white ruffles. The orangey-yellow beards are very subtle, almost going un-noticed. The combination creates a really interesting contrast for this prolific specimen. You can expect an average of 8 buds per stem.

Flowering:Late

SAPPHIRE HILLS

€6.50

Though not new at all, ‘Sapphire Hills’ is still for us one of the best median and true blue. Mid-blue with discreet white-lemon beards. Well-branched and good vigour.

Flowering:Mid-season

SCANDINAVIAN

€10.00

Brassy yellow standards with green tones, brassy yellow style arms . Brassy yellow falls with a lighter white flash near beards. Bright yellow-orange beards. Excellent growth. (Johnson 2012)

Flowering:Early to mid-season

SCENE STEALER

€7.00

White standards, laced and infused mauve . Purple falls, edged white, large white zonal area. Yellow-orange beards . Ruffled and pronounced fragrance. (Nichols 1990)

SECRET RITES

€7.50

Very unusual! Greyish yellow standards strongly infused with purplish violet starting from their base, and golden yellow falls tinted with green. Orange-yellow beards. Small, tightly waved flowers, very good branching with up to 9 buds per stalk. Placed 3rd at the Florence International Iris Competition in 2009.

Flowering:Mid-season

SÉMILLANT

€11.00

Creamy white standards infused light pink-beige . Deep purple falls, velvety and shiny, and slightly lighter around the orange beards ending white . Unusual colour but very pleasant . Large flowers well shaped .

SENSUAL ÉLÉGANCE

€7.00

Graceful flowers with icy white standards and pale lavender violet falls, deeper on the edges. Bright golden beards. Petals amply ruffled and laced strong and vigourous growth, many buds (8 to 10) on a triple-branched stalk.

Flowering:Mid-season

SERAPHITA

€6.50

Slender and well branched stalks carrying graceful, light aniline violet flowers. Standards are lighter and more pink. Golden yellow styles and beards. A decorative and rather long flowering variety.

Flowering:Mid-season

SHAH JEHAN

€6.50

Standards are milky white, whilst light lemon coloured at the base. Falls are crimson red with a fine 2mm wide white border. Bright yellow beards. A graceful amoena with a good finish for the time period.

Flowering:Mid-season to late

SHARP DRESSED MAN

€8.00

A tall and most elegant son of 'Paul Black' and 'Saturn'. Bright, medium-purple standards and dark purple, almost black falls. Thick orange-red beards stand out against the black falls. 3 to 4 branches carrying on average 10-12 buds. Spectacular and robust!

Flowering:Early to mid-season

SHOPPER'S SPECIAL

€7.00

Faintly bluish, white standards, light to mid lilac falls, paler towards their edges. Strongly ruffled and delicately crimped flower. Golden yellow beards, pale violet at the tips. A classic but nonetheless attractive colour. Really late flowering.

Flowering:Late

SHARPER IMAGE

€7.50

Bred from "Special Feature", it has inherited its spur-like beards, these ones being pale lavender, the rest of the flower being ice-white. Very strong, well-bodied flowers, with nearly horizontal falls. A classic beauty, useful in the garden for its striking looks and late flowering.

Flowering:Late

SI TENDRE

€8.00

Sibling to 'Tapis Rouge' , yet completely different in its so very pleasant pastel tones. Very light pink beige standards framed by wide and ruffled falls of pale lavender pink turning white toward the centre. Light orange beards.

Flowering:Early to mid-season

SOUFRIERE

€7.00

Variations of yellow for this direct descendant of 'Terre de Savane' which was introduced in 2015. Pale yellow standards infused with purple at their base, large amber yellow falls with an orange beard. The stems branch out low with 9 buds on average. Abundant flowering.

Flowering:Mid-season to late

SPICE LORD

€8.00

Superb recent australian import that brings great qualities to the plicata family. Reddish brown standards and falls with a creamy white ground and reddish brown stitched band. Beards between mustard and copper. Very ruffled flowers and up to 10 buds.

Flowering:Mid-season