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
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 Horitcultural 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-Andrieu 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:
Also see:
Registrations Introductions
Intermediate Bearded
Tall Bearded
- 1???: 'Aurore Boréale', 'Fille d'Eve', '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 Keteleér, Jules Chrétien, La Nuit, Pierre Guillot, Souvenir de Madame Eugénie Verdier, Solfatare, Safrano, La Vestale, Zeus, La Rosée.
- 1922, Tome XXIII : p. 216 : Duchesse de Châteaufort (1880); 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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