France - La Crau, then Hyères (Var)
Pierre Anfosso and his wife Monique created their garden Iris en Provence in the seventies; they retired at the end of nineties. Until october 2022, the nursery was owned by their daughter Laure. Other members of the family: Pierre-Christian (son), Marin (grandson).
See Pierre Anfosso : l'aigle à deux têtes, IRIS et BULBEUSES n°159, p. 19-21.
See below:
Anfosso, Pierre (1978): IRIS et BULBEUSES, 1978 numéro double, printemps, p. 23-25, Iris Arils et Arils Hybrides.
Anfosso, Pierre (1984): Jardins de France (SNHF), n° 6/7, p. 219-224, Histoire de l'iris - republished in IRIS et BULBEUSES n° 80, mars 1986, p. 5-9.
Interested in French irises ? Please visit: Société Française des Iris et plantes Bulbeuses - SFIB
| website (french language).
-- AlainFranco - 2011-07-10