■(TB) 'Hélios'

1928, Cayeux

'Hélios' (Ferdinand Cayeux, 1928). 'Claude Monet' X 'Clémentine Croutel'. Certificate of Merit and Special prize S.N.H.F.1929.

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References

Cayeux et Le Clerc catalog 1930, p. 6.
Bulletin de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1930, 5e série, Tome III, p. 303.
From Quality Gardens 1929 catalog: This flower will be introduced by M. Cayeux this year and shown at the Paris Flower show next June. It is a very tall, well branched grower and a fine large flower of good form. Standards plain sulphur yellow. falls golden yellow, with a beautiful golden yellow beard. Height 44 inches, This is a magnificent, very large, very tall yellow iris of the finest form and greatest substance.
See John C. Wister Collection, Scott Arboretum Archives, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College: picture

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