■(TB) 'Le Corrège'

1927, Vilmorin

'Le Corrège' (Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, 1927) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class S9D.

See below:

• References
• Synonyms
• Progeny

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References

Journal de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1926, 4e série, Tome XXVII, p. 199: Le Corrège (1919): 33’’, semi-early; very large flower, standard frank violet, smoky, fall blackish violet. Beard yellow. Yellow style arm with violet median line Bulletin de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1934, 6e série, Tome I, p. 141: Le Corrège (1919): 33’’, semi-early; very large flower, standard frank violet, smoky, fall blackish violet. Beard yellow. Yellow style arm with violet median line
Vilmorin-Andrieu & Cie, plantes 1931, p. 62. Vilmorin-Andrieux, iris des jardins 1938, p. 12. Note: year is 1926.
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From Quality Gardens catalog 1931: LE CORREGE (Vilm 1927) M. 46" V.F. Very large flowers. S. smoky bronze shot withlavender and suffused with red. F. large bright, dark velvety red, with a very prominent bright gold beard. A very much improved Ambassadeur, both as a show and garden flower. Le Corrège has none of the muddy landscape effect of Ambassadeur, but make a brilliant color group. $3.00. (Is this one genuine?)
Vilmorin-Andrieux catalog: 1938, p.12: Le Corrège (1919): 33’’, semi-early; very large flower, standard frank violet, smoky, fall blackish violet. Beard yellow. Yellow style arm with violet median line

Progeny

'Pawnee' 'Signal Fires'

Synonyms

Corrège, as listed in the Journal de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1926.

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