Hybridizer Verdier
France - Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine), Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne) and Paris.
This topic gathers informations about:
Verdier ,
Verdier & fils,
Victor Verdier,
Eugène Verdier and
Charles Verdier sources :
Verdier, Victor -
Verdier, Eugène -
Verdier, Charles Also see:
Victor Verdier (1803-1878)
Full name:
Philippe-Victor Verdier; in 1848, he inherited a collection of peonies from his uncle, M. Jacques, gardener to King Louis-Philippe. He established his nursery
Verdier in 1848 and also bred irises. Important breeder of roses, peonies, irises, and gladioli. Was vice-president of the National Horticultural Society. His younger son Charles, who had already been in the business, succeeded him in the nursery in 1866.
Verdier became
Verdier & fils. In 1902, the firm of Vilmorin-Andrieux inherited Verdier's iris, and presumably peonies too.
Eugène Verdier (1827-1902)
Full name:
Louis-Eugène-Jules Verdier; elder son of Victor, he set up his own business and bred roses, peonies, gladiolus and other flowers.
Charles Verdier (1821-1893)
Full name:
Charles-Félix Verdier; Eugène's brother. See above.
See below:
Registrations Introductions
Intermediate Bearded
Tall Bearded
- 1???: 'Aurore Boréale', 'Fille D'Ève', 'Flamme Charmant', 'Paradis Terrestre', 'Sœur Supérieure Albert', 'Souv. De Coulombier', 'Vulcain'.
- 1860: 'Hippolyte Pernet', 'Julie Meunier', 'Mme Guerville', 'Mme Lévêque, 'Mme Louesse', 'Modeste Guérin', 'Orchidaeflora', 'Victor Verdier'.
- 1863: 'Clio', 'Crépuscule', 'Vierge Marie'.
- 1880: 'Violet Épiscopal', 'Duchesse de Châteaufort'.
- 1904: 'Édouard Michel.
- 1905: 'Mercedes', 'Nuée D'Orage'.
- 1907: 'Jeanne d'Arc'.
- 1914: 'Prosper Laugier' (first registered as IB).
- 1920: 'Frère Ernst', 'Nausès'.
- 1936: 'Jean-Baptiste Ycon'.
List of others irises
From Journal de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France:
- 1907, p. 283-284 : Doyen Keteleer, Jules Chrétien, La Nuit, Pierre Guillot, Souvenir de Madame Eugénie Verdier, Solfatare, Safrano, La Vestale, Zeus, La Rosée (S. almost white, F. veined rosy, Beard yellow).
- 1922, Tome XXIII : p. 216 : p. 217 : Jenny Lind.
- From Parc floral de Paris: Sarpedon.
Interested in French irises ? Please visit:
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Société Française des Iris et plantes Bulbeuses (french language).
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