My 50 favorites 2023

HATSHEPSOUT

HATSHEPSOUT

€15.00

One of our favourites among our 25 new varieties for 2021! Absolutely pure white standards and falls with a pure white background also bordered in a regular way in deep indigo blue over nearly 2 cm in width. Bright yellow beards. Sculptural in shape and as majestic as the eponymous temple. (Cayeux Seedling 12 238 C).

    HELLO DARLING

    HELLO DARLING

    €13.00
    Creamy white standards, chalky white fall centres lined grape and shading to light butterscotch and narrowly banded white. Tangerine beards, ends tipped white. Strong show stalks with up to 9 buds and nice ruffled form . (Johnson 2014)
      LINDA NELSON

      LINDA NELSON

      €12.00
      Pure white falls and light rosy purple falls turning gradually to white near the tangerine to red beards. Extremely seducing ruffled flowers in pastel tones.
        LINGOT D'OR

        LINGOT D'OR

        €8.00
        White standards veined with a soft lemon yellow. Very bright gold yellow falls, yellowish orange beards with fine brown stripes. Lightly waved, medium sized flowers. An excellent colour for this son of "Ring around Rosie" and "Impulsive".
          LISERE POURPRE

          LISERE POURPRE

          €7.50
          White standards discreetly infused with amethyst along the edges and lemon yellow toward the heart. White falls with a purplish amethyst brim (1cm wide). Amply waved flowers with discreet pale yellow beards (average of 8 buds). The last one to flower in this year's collection.
            MACARON

            MACARON

            €7.00
            Excellent descendant of "Toile de Jouy"! Bright yellow standards, the falls a paler yellow with a small light brown border. Orange beards extended by a small, feathery, soft yellow spur. Round, well-bodied flowers, good branching, a great many buds (12 on average), ensuring a long flowering period.
              MAGNETISME

              MAGNETISME

              €7.00
              Sumptuous new variety with sky blue standards and satiny dark violet falls of as surprising luminosity. The falls are paler towards the dark rusty orange beards, shouldered with amaranth. Numerous ruffled flowers, low-branched stems, excellent foliage and long flowering-in short: a nearly perfect iris that is one of our favourites.
                NOCTAMBULE

                NOCTAMBULE

                €7.00
                Velvety blue-black amoena with golden yellow beard ringed by a small white throat. Under certain light, the falls seem almost black. Well-spaced branching leaves room for each flower to express its full beauty. An invaluable step towards a pure black and white hybrid.
                  PASTEL PRINTANIER

                  PASTEL PRINTANIER

                  €8.00
                  White standards with a very discreet pale lavender brim. Almost horizontal falls, pure white with a precise amethyst border (10mm wide). Yellowish orange beards. A refreshing and attractive variety boasting good branching.
                    PEGGY SUE

                    PEGGY SUE

                    €11.00
                    Long flowering for this sympathetic pink. Medium to light pink standards, pink falls slightly tinted amber on edges. Mandarin-red beards. Lightly ruffled and pronounced sweet Fragrance. Flowers sometimes twice a year . (Lauer 2006)
                      NELLY TARDIVIER

                      NELLY TARDIVIER

                      €8.00
                      This new and luscious combination carries numerous elegantly ruffled flowers (11 on average) which feature medium-sized standards. The nearly horizontals falls of amaranth, with borders which turn to a light pink copper tone, are nicely echoed by bronze-coloured beards. We are pleased to have named this exquisite variety in memory of Madame Tardivier, former director of the Jardins des Tuileries at the Louvre.
                        OH! SUSANNAH

                        OH! SUSANNAH

                        €11.00
                        This is the 3rd seedling brother to 'Confiserie' and 'Attirance' which we introduce : Standards are an intense amethyst and falls in the same tone but slightly bluish around the bronze toned beards tipped with lavender. Exquisite shape with softly ruffled, almost horizontal falls. Excellent branching. (Cayeux Seedling 09 111 D)
                          PRINCE EUGENE

                          PRINCE EUGENE

                          €10.00
                          A brilliant son of "Aurélie": With its white standards and wide, bright raspberry border on the falls, it is one of our favourites for 2015. With 4 stems and an average of 9 buds, this variety is a «must»!
                            PROFOND MYSTERE

                            PROFOND MYSTERE

                            €8.00
                            This is the very own sibling of our iris 'Pesselières', introduced in 2016, and like its brother, hued in mystery. It boasts standards of a very light blue and velvety horizontal dark-violet falls with a fine light crimson border (2 mm). Thick copper orange beards. The stems are well balanced with low ramification.