SECRET RITES

This descendant of "Above the Clouds" and "Abiqua Falls"is of a wonderful pure sky blue with gracefully ruffled edges. Discreet pale yellowish white beards. The first of the light blues to flower. Also it remains in bloom for a long time due to an average

The cross "Chevalier de Malte" with "Conjuration" has given us many good seedlings, "Aurélie" is one of them. It has white standards with lavender on their edges and flaring purple-violet falls with a large white centre. The thick red beard ends in a white spur. Well-branched stalks. Winner at the Florence iris competition in 2007.

Ok, yellow again, but what a yellow! Pure Gold! Generously branched stalks carrying an average of 14 buds and sometimes up to 16! As for the colour, it's a beautifully silky golden yellow with a bright orange beard. Exquisitely shaped flowers with subtly rippled edges.

White standards with a golden yellow edge; falls are white, amply peppered with burgundy-red all but for a white area around the golden yellow beard. Falls are also edged in yellow. Seedling brother to 'Ring Around Rosie'.

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.

Pleasant and plain medium purplish lavender. Classically shaped flowers. The white beards are prolonged by a thin white stripe.