JOY DE ROHAN CHABOT

Years of research were needed to obtain this rare jewel which offers a striking and clear contrast: practically pure white standards with an almost imperceptible violet border and jet-black falls with golden yellow beards. These wide flowers are ruffled on the edges and stand on a well branched stalk. Previewed at the 2012 edition of the Chelsea Flower Show, they were a huge success with the new varieties enthusiasts.

Smooth rosy-lavender lit up with bright tangerine beards. Graceful flowers and good growth habits.

Quite simply: an excellent iris! Creamy white standards and wide, pure white falls with graceful regular waves. The lemon beards, adorned with two bright lemon marks illuminate the centre of the flower. Very free-flowering and really vigorous.

The red iris is the dream of all iris hybridisers … it has never been realised but the cross between ‘Hermès’ and ‘Dame de coeur’ gave us this sympathetic red coppered with beards between tangerine and red. Average sized flowers, well-branched stems and good growth.

Golden yellow standards and pale pinkish mauve falls with a fine yellow border. Bright yellow beards. Variety registered by René Cayeux in 1947.

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