Bulletin de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1936, 6e série, Tome III, p. 173. |
Vilmorin-Andrieux catalog: 1938, p. 5. |
Louvois, which is our only velvety brown iris, no longer rated either list of 100 best irises. It remains as distinctive and attractive an iris as anyone could hope for. It has dull medium brown standards, and the falls are rich velvety mahogany brown, edged with the color of the standards. Galyon, F. (1952). “Dark horses” of irisdom. Bulletin of the American Iris Society, 126, 22. |
From Cooley's 1940 catalog: "Brown, deep, rich and velvety, like the lustrous fur of an animal. This new French sort has been one of the surprises of the past two years. Standards are a decided brown tone, the falls exceedingly dark brown, edged to match the standards." |
Outstanding deep red-brown bicolor; the falls are nicely edged with the lighter shade. Low. [Douglas, Geddes (1942). More Variety Comments, 1942. American Iris Society Bulletin, 88<(January 1943), 63.] |
Louvois is an iris to remember. The peaked standards are milk chocolate, the falls rich, bitter chocolate with a wide border of the milk chocolate around the edges. The sun on the falls transforms them to the crimson velvet of a medieval wall hanging. [Lila McCombs, “A Critical Evaluation of Older Irises”, The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 110 (July 1948): 58.] |
FURTHER CULTURAL INFORMATION |
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Hardiness Zones 4-8 for most varieties, Some cultivars tolerate colder, others tolerate warmer zones (please comment in comment box with your location if this cultivar grows well in zone 3, 4, 9, or 10.) |
Exposure Prefers full sun for optimal performance, may still bloom in half-day shade |
Water: Prefers well drained good garden soil, Tolerant of dry conditions in established plants, Intolerant of swampy conditions. |
PH Prefers Neutral to basic solis 6.1 to 8.5, quite toleranr of more extreme conditions |
Fertilizer Prefers rich conditions on relatively inorganic soils. |
I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
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jpeg | 089E8F65-17DF-4D79-A191-D24AEE818365.jpeg | manage | 1 MB | 27 Feb 2023 - 08:42 | BeverlySteiner | Louvois side |
jpeg | 2CB8E105-4ACD-4B09-A058-D1DB14EB7B24.jpeg | manage | 1 MB | 27 Feb 2023 - 08:42 | BeverlySteiner | Louvois front |
jpg | LOUVOIS_CAYEUX_1936.jpg | manage | 52 K | 03 Nov 2011 - 17:11 | JoelleFRANJEULLE | |
jpg | Louvois.jpg | manage | 17 K | 14 Dec 2010 - 19:24 | BobPries | Courtesy of Mike Lowe from original HIPS website |
JPG | Louvois01.JPG | manage | 59 K | 26 Nov 2014 - 03:12 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
JPG | Louvois02.JPG | manage | 90 K | 22 Aug 2021 - 03:08 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
jpg | Louvois12BHI.jpg | manage | 69 K | 24 Apr 2012 - 14:41 | BetsyHiggins | Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
jpg | Louvois_fl.jpg | manage | 51 K | 17 Feb 2011 - 19:00 | IrisP | |
jpg | louvois01.jpg | manage | 75 K | 29 Feb 2016 - 14:51 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Kelways-United Kingdom |
jpg | louvois02.jpg | manage | 119 K | 07 Jun 2017 - 02:44 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Sandy Gessner Eggertson-Merlebleu Iris Garden-Manitoba,Canada |
jpg | louvois03.jpg | manage | 147 K | 11 Jun 2018 - 02:14 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Sandy Gessner Eggertson-Merlebleu Iris Garden-Manitoba,Canada |
jpg | louvois04.jpg | manage | 155 K | 15 Jun 2019 - 02:09 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Sandy Gessner Eggertson-Merlebleu Iris Garden-Manitoba,Canada |
JPG | louvois07.JPG | manage | 207 K | 26 Feb 2020 - 02:46 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Rene Martin-France |
JPG | louvois08.JPG | manage | 196 K | 26 Feb 2020 - 02:44 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Rene Martin-France |
JPG | louvois09.JPG | manage | 198 K | 26 Feb 2020 - 02:42 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Rene Martin-France |
jpg | louvois1-07.jpg | manage | 31 K | 05 Apr 2015 - 16:06 | Main.mikeu | Photo by Mike Unser |
jpg | louvois2-08.jpg | manage | 56 K | 05 Apr 2015 - 16:06 | Main.mikeu | Photo by Mike Unser |
JPG | louvois3.JPG | manage | 522 K | 26 Jun 2018 - 20:37 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
JPG | louvois33.JPG | manage | 119 K | 16 Jun 2020 - 19:54 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
JPG | louvois4.JPG | manage | 510 K | 26 Jun 2018 - 20:38 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
JPG | louvois5.JPG | manage | 734 K | 26 Jun 2018 - 20:40 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
jpg | louvois6-11.jpg | manage | 46 K | 05 Apr 2015 - 16:06 | Main.mikeu | Photo by Mike Unser |
jpg | louvois8.jpg | manage | 71 K | 19 Feb 2023 - 16:40 | TerryLaurin | Photo by George Bacon-Breezeway Iris Garden |
jpg | louvois80.jpg | manage | 70 K | 19 Feb 2023 - 16:40 | TerryLaurin | Photo by George Bacon-Breezeway Iris Garden |
jpg | louvois81.jpg | manage | 70 K | 19 Feb 2023 - 16:40 | TerryLaurin | Photo by George Bacon-Breezeway Iris Garden |
JPG | louvois9.JPG | manage | 429 K | 18 Feb 2021 - 16:25 | TerryLaurin | Photo scanned from the 1955 Cooley's Iris Gardens catalogue by Terry Laurin |
jpg | louvoisSG.jpg | manage | 17 K | 01 Jul 2012 - 19:38 | BetsyHiggins | Photo by Seagate Irises-United Kingdom |
JPG | louvoisSG1.JPG | manage | 206 K | 08 Feb 2024 - 21:35 | TerryLaurin | Photo by Seagate Nurseries-Long Sutton Bypass-Long Sutton-United Kingdom |