From Walter Marx Gardens catalog 1955: PIERRE MENARD (Faught 1948) Each 2.50. The finest medium blue iris to date and a definite advance in the darker blues. Flowers are of massive size with broad falls, ruffled and semi-flaring. Stems are strong with 3 way branching. We predict tremendous popularity for this superb iris. 40 inches. HM AIS 1948, AM 1950. |
"Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" is a short story by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. Pierre Menard was a fictional eccentric 20th-century French writer and polymath. |
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. |
FURTHER CULTURAL INFORMATION Here |
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PIERRE_MENARD.png | manage | 6 MB | 18 Feb 2017 - 08:19 | Main.hrandiac | Scanned from 1953 Tom Craig catalog |
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Pierre Menard Sch Cat.jpg | manage | 134 K | 28 Nov 2017 - 15:22 | BobPries | From 1952 Schreiners catalog |
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Pierre Menard.jpg | manage | 293 K | 27 Sep 2021 - 18:13 | Main.davepote | Photo by David Potembski taken in my garden 2021, Finksburg, MD |
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PierreMenard12BHI.jpg | manage | 45 K | 29 Apr 2012 - 13:58 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
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PierreMenardIF.jpg | manage | 45 K | 28 Nov 2011 - 20:15 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo from The Iris Farm |
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PierreMinard01.JPG | manage | 57 K | 03 Dec 2014 - 04:25 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
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pierre_menard_fl.jpg | manage | 69 K | 12 Aug 2012 - 19:12 | IrisP | |
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pierremenard01.JPG | manage | 507 K | 19 Jul 2018 - 02:14 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
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pierremenard02.JPG | manage | 545 K | 19 Jul 2018 - 02:16 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection. |
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pierremenard9.JPG | manage | 480 K | 20 Jan 2021 - 13:46 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the 1965 Cooley's Iris Gardens catalogue by Terry Laurin |