1937, Cayeux
'Florentine' (Ferdinand Cayeux, 1937) Tb. Midseason bloom. Color Class W8M. Cayeux 1937. C.M. and Spec. Prize, S.N.H.F. 1937.
See below:
Bulletin de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1937, 6e série, Tome IV, p. 173. |
Vilmorin-Andrieux catalog: 1938, p.4. |
A peppered blue plicata which is lovely when viewed as a specimen stalk. Loses garden value when viewed from a distance. [Douglas, Geddes (1942). More Variety Comments, 1942. American Iris Society Bulletin, 88(January 1943), 62.] |
From This A.I.S. Bulletin 78_ (July 1940): 54 - "This appeals to me far more than the more heavily colored Cayeux plicatas." [Junius plicatas. [Fishburn, Junius P. Fishburn, "Survey (1940), Survey of 1940 Iris Season".] Season, American Iris Society Bulletin 78(July 1940), 54.] |
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I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
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JPG | Florentine01.JPG | manage | 50 K | 12 Dec 2014 - 01:28 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
JPG | Florentine03.JPG | manage | 168 K | 25 Aug 2016 - 15:24 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Judy Schneider-The Shady Spot |
JPG | FlorentineBHI.JPG | manage | 71 K | 18 Nov 2011 - 15:10 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
JPG | Florentine_DSCF1017.JPG | manage | 763 K | 02 Jun 2016 - 04:18 | Main.rshadlow | taken at Presby Iris Gardens |
jpg | florentine-jb.jpg | manage | 24 K | 17 Feb 2013 - 21:35 | Main.Harloiris | photo Mike Unser |
JPG | florentine01.JPG | manage | 848 K | 15 May 2018 - 01:07 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
JPG | florentine02.JPG | manage | 587 K | 15 May 2018 - 01:10 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
JPG | florentine03.JPG | manage | 583 K | 15 May 2018 - 01:13 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |