warm tints (3)

PHAETON

€7.00

Bright yellow standards and golden yellow falls sanded with white near the orange-yellow beards. It does not burn under hot sun. Good grower. (Smith 1992)

PIRATE'S QUEST

€7.00

The very large, well-bodied flowers are slightly ruffled. Pure golden yellow with beards of the same colour on a small white area. 6 to 7 buds and often several stems per clump. Great garden value.

With its late flowering, this variety brings brightness and light into the garden. Its semi-horizontal standards and falls of bright yellow have small ruffles and the slightly singed orange beards tail off into a small spur. The blooms are of average size on tall and well branched stems (Average of 10 buds).

POILLY S'EVEILLE

€7.00

Soft rosy apricot, slightly paler on the almost horizontal falls. Superb shape, pretty edged with ruffles (though not excessively). An extra attraction: a pale rosy apricot spur extends the tangerine beards. Late flowering.

Flowering:Late

POIVRE ROUGE

€7.00

Belle Moisson's sibling with standards of pale yellow that deepens near the edges. The falls are yellow with red-brown striations near the golden beards and also peppered with red speckles towards the bottom. Attractive, beautifully branched with a long flowering period.

Flowering:Mid-season

POT D OR

€7.00

Pure sunshine yellow, with a discreet paler area under the bright yellow beard. Semi-horizontal falls, very wavy flowers with finely crimped edges. Particularly useful in that it flowers late.

PURE AS GOLD

€7.00

Strongly ruffled smooth deep gold, the beards are even deeper. A dazzling variety that can reflower in autumn.

Flowering:Early

ROUGE DE PLAISIR

€11.00

Derived from 'Tabac Blond' and 'Golden Panther', this is a pretty amaranth red, slightly coppery, well composed and enhanced by the radiance of it’s vivid, bright red beards. Excellent shape, regular waves and very good foliage qualities. (Cayeux seedling 10 186 B).

Flowering:Early

RUSTIC CEDAR

€7.00

Huge flower (20 cm) lightly ruffled. Bright golden copper tan shading to lighter cordovan tan toward centre of falls. Golden copper tan beards. A warm coloured iris.

Flowering:Mid-season to late

RUSTY MANIFICENCE

€7.50

Excellent and unusual colour : copper-brown standards, lighter at their base; deep red-brown falls with yellow-orange beards prolonged with a 1 cm long white line. (Niswonger 1995)

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

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

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

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

TABAC BLOND

€7.00

Light brown standards and copper-yellow falls with orange-coloured beards. Warm flowers, medium-sized but in proportion to the leaves, semi-horizontal falls with delicately crimped edges.

Flowering:Early to mid-season