My 50 favorites 2023

RAVISSANT

RAVISSANT

€7.00
Lilac-white standards on opening, then becoming pure white. Pure white falls with a clear bright lilac-pink border (7 mm) and mandarin beards. The stems, sometimes double at the bases, bear up to 12 buds. A fresh crisp effect.
    REGARD SOMBRE

    REGARD SOMBRE

    €9.00
    Horizontal coppery amber standards of velvet, somewhere between solid crimson-violet and aubergine tones. The flowers stand firmly, boasting their very ruffled edges and burned orange toned beards.
      RHINELANDER

      RHINELANDER

      €7.00
      Very wavy, an excellent shape, one of the last tall iris to flower. Between bold rosy lavender and perfectly plain mid-mauve – in all, a well-structured variety which is little known. A real ornamental addition to any garden.
        SHARPER IMAGE

        SHARPER IMAGE

        €7.00
        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.
          SIXTINE C.

          SIXTINE C.

          €7.00
          A new pattern: white falls decorated on the edge with thin bright blue-violet veins. Perfectly pure white falls and red-orange beards. Huge flowers on perfect stems with 8 to 9 buds.
            SORCELLERIE

            SORCELLERIE

            €10.00
            Certainly not a champion for number of buds: on average 5 to 6 . However this son of 'Macaron' and 'Ciel Gris sur Poilly' is one of the most surprising. Soft yellow standards and cream toned falls, peppered and edged in purplish red! Yellow beards. Lovely shape. (Cayeux seedling 07 135 A)
              SOULIGNÉ

              SOULIGNÉ

              €12.00

              Very graceful variety with pure white standards and white falls with a delicate light to medium blue, slightly radiating border. Rather inconspicuous white beards with yellow tips. Nice modern shape and well balanced. (Cayeux seedling 10,350 A).

                SYMPATHIQUE

                SYMPATHIQUE

                €13.00

                Light to medium wisteria blue standards, bluish-white falls with crisp red beards. Looks effective in clumps. Flowers of medium size, elegant, good branching and 9 buds on average. From a crossing of ‘Villa Erba’ x ‘Fanchette’. (Cayeux seedling 13,228 A).

                  TERRE DE SAVANE

                  TERRE DE SAVANE

                  €7.50
                  Yellow melting into light brown: amber-yellow standards infused with brown tones at the base, slightly less intense yellow falls with light-brown borders. Beards are golden orange. Superb low branching stalks with 10 to 11 buds on average.
                    URLUBERLU

                    URLUBERLU

                    €7.00
                    Apricot-infused cream standards, brightest at their centre, framing rather rounded and beautifully ruffled lavender falls with wide mid-brown edges. Their imposing bright orange beards are striking. This variety, with gorgeous stems (8 to 9 buds on average), is truly one of a kind!