ALPENVIEW

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

"Paul Black" and "Alpenview" are the proud parents of this astonishing inversed amoena and its majestic 15 cm by 15 cm flower which is dedicated to Villa Erba, residence of the famous Italian film-director, Luchino Visconti. The magnificent wisteria-blue standards are darker at the centre, whilst the large bluish-white falls are elegantly undulated with ruffles. The mandarin-coloured beards of this really vigorous and fragrant new variety have lighter tips.

A combination of deep rich tones. Mid-purple standards and velvety purplish black falls, whose edges are the same colour as the standards. Beards likewise purplish black and therefore discreet. Very large wavy flowers (16.5 cm x 10 cm).

Standards with a white background veined and peppered with raspberry-pink. Falls, equally white, boast a thin, intense raspberry-red border in the Plicata style. Beards are bronze yellow. Strong tendency to rebloom in our climates.

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!