AFTERNOON IN RIO

€7.00

Quite innovative in this range: purplish violet standards with lacy edges, falls slightly bolder with a narrow bronze border, old gold beards set against a small white background which lights up the whole flower. Descendant of "Serene Moment". Interesting and late-flowering.

Flowering:Mid-season to late

ART DECO

€6.00

Excellent variety with dark violet standards marked with white in the centre and pure white falls with a clearly drawn dark blue-violet bordure 1cm wide. Very floriferous with 8 to 12 buds.

Flowering:Very early

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.

Flowering:Late

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

BUT DARLING

€18.00

Simply marvellous ! Beige-pink standards delicately infused rosy violet at their base. Deep and rich purple-violet falls with clear pink-purple border, 6 mm wide. Gigantic flowers, with uncontrolled ruffling. Purple-violet beards. This giant has already won a lot of awards.

Flowering:Mid-season

CAJUN RYTHM

€8.00

Unique: bright ochre-orange falls washed with a white splash in their centres and edged in orange-apricot tones, luminous orange standards. Orange-red beards. One of the latest to bloom.

Flowering:Late

CALYPSO BEAT

€6.00

Magnificent contrast between the immaculate white standards and purpled magenta falls. Clear yellow beards prolonged by a white medial stripe. It has the vigour of its parent "Jazzed Up" and flowers generously because of its profusion of buds: 11 to 14 on each stem!

Flowering:Mid-season to late

CAN'T TOUCH THIS

€9.00

One of the most innovative American introductions since 2000! White ruffled standards and falls with a white center and a very broad navy blue border (at least 3 cm) which gently washes the edges of the white central spot. Yellow beards. Most interesting for iris breeders.

Flowering:Early to mid-season

CAPE PERPETUA

€7.00

What's new in "Cape Perpetua"? Not its colour: light and plain blue with white beards, but its shape: both standards and falls show lacy, frilly edges and this is unique in its category. A really charming blue iris!

Flowering:Mid-season to late

CARIBBEAN DREAM

€7.00

A well-named variety that is one of the bluest of the blues. A medium blue with large and round flowers. While "Carribean Dream" does not produce many buds per stem, if often produces several stems per zhizome.(Schreiner 1990)

Flowering:Mid-season to late

CHAMPAGNE WALZ

€6.00

Arched ochre-apricot standards and ruffled creamy white falls precisely edged with yellow-apricot. Tangerine beards. Winner of the Florence Iris Competition in 1997.

CHANGE OF PACE

€6.00

Delicate pink standards. Deep rose-violet plicata markings and peppering on edge of falls which have a white background. Yellow beards. It is a robust iris with large flowers and 8 to 9 buds.

CHANGING SEASONS

€7.00

Very large, original amoena with pure white standards and copper beige falls finely edged with cream. Pale yellow beards and styles. Very wide flowers (11.5cm x 16.5cm) remain in proportion to the foliage. Excellent!

COUNTRY CHARM

€7.00

Sulphur yellow standards and maroon-purple falls with a narrow yellow border. Brassy yellow beards. It produces many compact flowers of moderate size (7 to 10 per stalk) and often 2 to 3 stems per fan. Extremely vigorous growth.

DAKOTA SMOKE

€9.00

A slightly strange but attractive colour : medium purple standards, burgundy toward the heart. Almost horizontal falls coloured somewhere between magenta pink, purple or violet. Purple beards. An abundance of flowers: 3 to 4 branches per stalk carrying each between 8 and 13 buds!

DANGEROUS MOOD

€7.00

Interesting and very unusual colour contrast between the pale blue standards and the bluish-black velvety falls. Black-purple beards tipped yellow. This very recent iris (introduced in the USA in 2004) has strong stalks and propagates very quickly.

Flowering:Early to mid-season

DATING A ROYAL

€11.00

Unusual combination of colours : pink standards toned lavender and mid violet falls . The bright orange beards lighten the large and rounded falls. Moderately ruffled. (Schreiner 2014)

Flowering:Mid-season to late

DEVIL'S LAKE

€7.00

This dark navy blue produces enormous flowers: 18 cm x 11 cm on strong tall stems with four branches and 6 to 8 buds. Plain colour, even the beards are dark navy blue.

DRACULA'S KISS

€9.00

An impressive contrast! very dark plum coloured standards and purplish black falls with large tangerine beards. Shafts with 4 stalks regularly carrying 9 to 12 buds. A step toward a really black iris with red beards.

Flowering:Early to mid-season

DUSKY CHALLENGER

€6.00

A huge flower of impeccable shape, ruffled but not too much. The colour is a rich purple-violet shimmering like silk, even the beards are dark purple-blue.