Iris foetidissima |
Iris foetidissima Photo Date: 5 May 2001 This is a European iris. It is unusual in that it thrives in deep shade. It is also drought tolerant. It is grown more for its orange seeds that remain in the pod after is has split open, than for its flowers. |
Iris foetidissima, yellow |
Iris foetidissima with yellow standards Photo Date: 20 April 2000 |
Iris foetidissima seeds |
Iris foetidissima seeds Photo Date: 26 December 2000 |
Iris lactea |
Iris lactea Photo Date: 28 March 2001 Iris lactea grows in a wide geographic range from Cetral Asia eastward. When established it is quite drought tolerant. I grew this plant from seed. |
Iris lazica |
Iris lazica Photo Date: 10 March 2001 Iris lazica is a close relative of I. unguicularis. It is native to the shores of the Black Sea and is more a plant of damp shady places than I. unguicularis. |
Iris longipetela |
Iris longipetela Photo Date: 15 April 1999 Iris longipetela is native to this area. I waited three years to get good blossoms; in 1998 the blooms tried to open at ground level without much success. It is now well established; it bloomed well for me in 1999 and even better in 2000. |
Iris ruthenica, red form |
Iris ruthenica, red form Photo Date: 20 March 2001 Iris ruthenica is rather small iris whose range extends from Eastern Europe accross asia. |
Iris unguicularis |
Iris unguicularis Photo Date: November 14, 1999 This is known as the "winter iris" because it blooms during the winter. It is native to the eastern Mediteranean. It is sometime called the Algerian winter iris, though its range, in fact, extends well beyond Algeria. It does well with hot dry summers. |
Iris verna smalliana |
Iris verna smalliana Photo Date: 24 March 2001 Iris verna is a small woodland iris whose range extends from Central Eastern to South Eastern United States. |