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Irises are a regular feature at the Chelsea Flower Show and this year Claire Austin expects to have ten new tall beared irises including three from top Australian iris breeder Barry Blythe. On her blog post about her latest visit to Barry’s farm in Victoria, Claire says: “Barry has become one of the...
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We’ve seen yellow flowered forms of Iris sibirica before. ‘Dreaming Yellow’ and ‘Forncett Moon’ are lovely but very pale compared with the bright, two-tone, scrambled egg colouring of Iris sibirica ‘Scramble’ (left, click to enlarge), newly introduced for 2011. The standards are pale yellow, flared rather...
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Every year Richard Cayeux, one of the world’s top iris breeders, releases a batch of his latest varieties through his nursery Cayeux Iris . I’ve featured his irises here before . For 2011 Richard is introducing twelve new varieties, all bred on the family nursery in France and available by mail order...
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Two French irises were chosen as finalists for the Plant of the Year award at the Chelsea Flower Show this week. Both are tall bearded irises and both were raised by Richard Cayeux at his family’s iris nursery, Cayeux Iris , south of Paris. ‘Impressions de Jouy’ is a very dramatic plant. The boldly waved...
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The world famous French iris nursery Cayeux has been showing irises at the Chelsea Flower Show for a few years ago. But, up till now, their exhibits have been disappointing.They grow their show plants in England and this year, for the first time, their irises were grown for the show by Woottens of Wenhaston...
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I wrote up the bright new bicoloured Pacific Coast Iris from Broadleigh Gardens , ‘Broadleigh Fenella' , before the show. Then when I talked to Christine Skelmersdale, who runs Broadleigh, down at the show I found that she had two unexpected new introductions that she was showing at the Chelsea Flower...
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Over the years, Christine Skelmersdale has raised a continuing succession of delightful Pacific Coast irises many of which made their debut at the Chelsea Flower Show. Indeed, along with her eclectic blend of bulbs and other plants they've been a continuing feature of her exhibit. This year another...
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Cayeux Iris have a four generation history of introducing new irises and every year they launch new varieties, many of which are seen in Britain for the first time at the Chelsea Flower Show. For 2009 they have nine new introductions, all bred by Richard Cayeux at the family's nursery in Central...
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As well as over eighty new plants at Chelsea, this year sees the arrival of a couple of old timers - one over a hundred years old. Cayeux Iris from France will have four impressive new introductions at the Show but also on display will be Iris ‘Ma Mie', originally introduced in 1906. Click on the...
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