Described as early, mid, late etc. Between very early and very late one can count on 5 weeks of flowering. In general, the very early varieties open around 10 May in southern England, but it depends on how cold or warm Spring has been. By combining varieties you can have 2 months of flowering.

this refers to height of the flowering stem, measured at the end of the flowering season.

Around 70% of our varieties have a perfume, given at the end of the description.

also known as garden iris, they measure 70cm to more than 1 metre and begin to flower around 10 May. There are 360 varieties on the website, more than 110 of them created by Cayeux. Each variety flowers for around 3 weeks.

measuring between 40 and 70cm and start flowering around 1

25 to 40cm high, also called standard dwarfs, they flower from mid April. More than 70 varieties on the website.

12 to 20cm maximum, flowering at the very beginning of April. 30 varieties on the website.

we have used our little Cayeux logo at the end of the text where relevant, to indicate that this is one of the many varieties we offer which was created by me or my family.  

Standards

Lower part of the flower (also 3).