PRINCESSE C. DE MONACO

€6.00

This is the result of the search for perfection in blue-red bearded irises. It is a pure light blue with orange-red beards. In addition to the purity of the colour, its growth habits, shape of the flowers and count of buds are excellent. Prizewinner at the American Convention and the Florence International Iris Competition in 1998.

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.

CELEBRATION SONG

€9.00

New bicolour that combines many qualities: charm, perfect shape, long flowering, 9 to 12 buds, great vigour. Pinkish apricot standards, soft rosy lavender falls much paler around the tangerine beard. Quite rightly it won first prize at the Florence iris competition in 1996.

ANDALOU

€8.00

As warm as the south of Spain: bright and pure yellow standards and velvety red falls. Extremely clean contrast and exceptionally vigourous. RHS Award of Garden Merit 2006.

Flowering:Early to mid-season

SAPPHIRE HILLS

€8.00

Though not new at all, ‘Sapphire Hills’ is still for us one of the best median and true blue. Mid-blue with discreet white-lemon beards. Well-branched and good vigour.

ACOMA

€7.00

Gracefully shaped flowers with sky blue standards and darker blue-violet plicata markings on ruffled ivory falls. Popular iris, prize-winner several times despite a moderate average count of buds (only 5 to 6).

Flowering:Early to mid-season

MEGABUCKS

€8.00

Golden yellow standards slightly coppered. Bright fuchsia falls edged copper-brown. Long coppered yellow beards. 8 to 9 buds per stalk.

ART DECO

€7.00

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

CHAUD BOUQUET

€9.00

Salmon standards lightly tinted brown along the edges. Creamy apricot falls with a wide magenta border spreading out into fine lines towards the tangerine beards and their superb magenta spurs. Impressive branching with an abundance of flowers (10 buds on average).

THORNBIRD

€6.00

Ecru yellow standards and greenish yellow falls deeper on their edge. Violet beards tipped mustard with dark violet horns extending an inch or more from the beards. Variety which blooms prolifically.

SOVEREIGN CROWN

€6.00

Light blue standards, deeper in center ; near-white falls gentian-blue wash on midline . Yellow orange beards, pale violet at base, ending with a short bluebird blue horn. Ruffled and very vigorous.

SUPERSTITION

€6.00

Purpled "black" with beards the same colour. Flowers slightly waved and good growth.

HAUT LES VOILES

€7.00

We crossed two Dykes Medal winners ("Edith Wolford" and "Honky Tonk Blues") to get this magnificent and waved bicolor. Clear butter yellow standards and cool bluish lavender falls with almost invisible beards. For us, it is one of the best blue and yellow bicolors.

EVENING DRAMA

€8.00

Very wavy, white standards tinted with lavender, very dark purple, velvety falls and brown beards. Lovely 3-branched stems regularly sporting 8 to 10 buds. Healthy, vigorous foliage.

HEURE BLEUE

€8.00

We crossed "Ouragan" and "Yaquina Blue" to obtain this wonderful pure blue, between sky blue and mid-blue. It has huge, strudy round flowers moderately waved. Named best blue variety at the 2005 International Iris Competition at Florence.