BEL AVENIR (Cayeux 2008)
Standards soft lemon, more intense at the base, falls cream white with a wide deep blue-violet border, edges waved. Beards orange, edged with yellow. Slight pleasant fragrance of the flowers. Beautiful iris, the best of this combination of colours.
LIBELLULE DE SOLOGNE (Bourdillon 2005)
Standards white, light blue violet midrib, falls light blue-violet, paler around the beard and on shoulders. Beards white with long light blueviolet flounces. Beautiful French iris of the Space Age Type.
PURE INNOCENCE (Sutton 2006)
Flowers heavily ruffled, white. Standards palest lavender at base. Beards white tipped yellow, elongated to white flounces. Slight sweet fragrance. Height 85 cm. Belongs to the Space Age group.
SHARP DRESSED MAN (Johnson 2010)
Standards iridescent medium purple, falls elegantly ruffled, purple black, velvety texture with slightly lighter rim. Beards prominent bright orange. Pleasant sweet fragrance. Robust and healthy growth, very ellegant iris.
PALLIDA subsp. ILLYRICA
Natural species growing on sunny, dry, rocky slopes (Albania, Serbia, Croatia,...) . Fully frost-resistant in Czech Republic and Germany. Standards blue, falls violet-blue, bented down. Beards white, blue at tips. Height 40-50 cm. Flowering time April / May. Fine iris for sunny rock gardens.
PALLIDA ALBA
Natural species growing on sunny places, fully frost-resistant in Czech Republic and Germany. Standards white, falls white, bented down. Beards white. Height 50-60 cm. Flowering time May. Fine iris for sunny flowerbeds.
germanica Spectabilis
Standards blue to blue-violet, falls blue-violet, bent down, around the white bears with a fine pattern. Height 40-50 cm. Blooms in May. Nice iris, especially suitable for sunny rock gardens. Flowering time April / May. Fine iris for sunny rock gardens.
FLORENTINA
Flowers of a very faintly bluish shade rather than pure white with some greenish-yellow veining on the haft and a deep yellow beard. Wild species, coming from Italy and Southern Europe. Flowers very pleasantly fragrant!
OH BABE (Anderson 1981)
Standards deep gold, falls white ground with broad band of dark red brown plicata markings, deep gold in center, light brown edge. Beards deep yellow. Healthy growth.
PEGGY ANNE (Sutton 2007)
Standards and falls purple black, irregularly streaked silver, ruffled. Beards black purple tipped old gold. Slight sweet fragrance. Unique broken color pattern.
PRINCESSE CAROLINE DE MONACO (Cayeux 1998)
Pure light blue self, strongly ruffled. Beards orange red. Sweet floral fragrance. Perfect growth habit, and bud counts. Beautiful sort.
NOSEGAY (Saunders 1950)
Single flowers, shell pink to soft salmon glazed in silver, fat golden yellow stamens surrounding purple stigmas complete a sensational display. Noticeable fragrance. It is a hybrid created from P. mlokosewitschi x P. tenuifolia breeding. Early blooming, very floriferous and vigorous, charming, recommended.
LITTLE RED GEM (Reath 1988)
Single red blooms on compact, low ( 40 cm) bushes with finely cut foliage. It belongs to the "Rock Garden Peonies", for their short heights, suitable for the rock gardens or in front positions in your garden. It blooms very early.
CLAIRE DE LUNE (White, Wild & Son 1954)
Flowers single, large (13 cm), creamy yellow, crinkled and rounded petals and dark yellow stamens. It is a hybrid of the yellow species P. mlokosewitschii and Mons. Jules Elie. Wonderfully fragrant. Dark green leaflets, reddish stems, low plant habit and high vigour. This very choice variety is one of the earliest flowering peonies, very wanted...
ATHENA (Saunders 1949)
Flowers single, large, ivory-white to apricot-yellow with prominently present lavender flares at the base of the flower petals, contrasting golden-yellow stamens in the centre. It is a quadruple hybrid created from P. lactiflora x {(P. macrophylla x P. mlokosewitschii) x P. officinalis} breeding. Light fragrance. Early blooming, floriferous and vigorous with strong stems. Only rarely offered. Recommended. Plant height 80 cm.
tenuifolia
Finely cut leaves, single bright red petals and golden yellow center. Height 30-40 cm. Need very sunny position and well drained soil, excellent for rock gardens. Natural wild species, very rare. I offer 3 years old plants potted in 2 liter container.
RARE COIN (Ghio 2014)
Standards gold, falls white at beard washing to light yellow toward petal edges, precise deep brown rim. Beards yellow. Height 80 cm.
HOLLYWOOD LIGHTS (Johnson 2011)
Standards buff gold lightly infused violet up midribs, falls dark purple, lighter orchid-purple bands blending into gold rims, ruffled. Beards orange. Sweet fragrance.
QUEEN'S CIRCLE (Kerr 2000)
Standards white, falls white with dark blue edge. Flowers beautifully ruffled. Beards orange red, pale yellow at end. Slight fragrance. Height 80 cm.
RARE QUALITY (Schreiners 1999)
Standards and falls white, deep plum purple edge. Beards blue, yellow hair tips and in throat. Height 90 cm
AS YOU WERE (Stahly 2001)
Standards and falls light pink, ruffled and lightly laced. Beards fire-red, elongated to pink flounces. Height 95 cm. Ellegant iris of the Space Age type.
AMARILLO FRILLS (Hager 2002)
Standards and falls golden yellow, crisped and ruffled. Beards yellow. Beautiful sort.
SNEEZY (Keppel 1996)
Standards apricot orange, falls lemon apricot ground with fine dot-wash of rose violet, heaviest toward hafts, ruffled. Beards red orange. Pronounced spicy fragrance. Very nice sort.
OSAY CANUC (Burseen 2001)
Standards pure white, falls white, with purple lines darkest at beard and lighter at edge. Beards carrot red, fuzzy white horn with tan hairs at tip. Height 90 cm. Fine sort of Space Age Type.
