Asian AlliancePhoto Date: 8 April 2000
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Asian Alliance |
Asian Alliance, I. versicolor crossed with I. laevigata Photo Date: 8 April 2000 |
Red Dazzler |
Iris fulva, 'Red Dazzler' Photo Date: 7 May 1999 Iris fulva is one of the ancestors of the Louisian hybrids. |
Puple Louisiana |
Photo Date: 15 May 1999 |
Dark Puple Louisiana |
Photo Date: 15 May 1999 This iris was sold to me as Iris aphylla, but that is a bearded iris. This is not! When Mark Cook saw this picture he noticed that this looks like the Louisiana iris Black Gamecock growing his garden. |
Iris ensata |
Iris ensata Photo Date: 22 August 1999 Iris ensata has been cultivated in Japan for centuries and is popularly known as the Japanese iris. Many of the modern cultivars, such as this one, look much different from the original wild plants. The thing I like the most about my plant is that it usually blooms in mid to late summer, well after my other iris have finished. |
Iris ensata spontanea |
Iris ensata spontanea Photo Date: 30 May 2001 This is a redish-purple wild form of the Japanese iris. I grew this plant from seed. |
Iris laevigata |
Iris laevigata 'Variegata' Photo Date: 19 April 1999 Iris laevigata is closely related of Iris ensata. It is truely a water loving iris and will thrive in shallow water year round. This variety has white striped leaves. |
Iris prismatica 'Plicata' |
Iris prismatica 'Plicata' Photo Date: 22 May 1999 This iris is native to eastern North America. It should probably be classified more as "moisture loving" than "water loving". |
Iris prismatica 'Polly Spout' |
Iris prismatica 'Polly Spout' Photo Date: 9 May 2001 |
Iris pseudocorus, dwarf |
Iris pseudocorus, dwarf Photo Date: 5 May 1999 This is the European yellow flag iris. The variety of this iris we had when I was growing up was very large and robust. I was concerned with it overwelming my yard so I bought a dwarf variety. This is another iris that is happy growing in water year round, but it is tough enough to tolerate considerable drought. |
Roy Davidson |
Roy Davidson, Hager 1991 Photo Date: 22 April 1999 This is a hybrid involving Iris pseudocorus. |
Iris setosa, purple |
Iris setosa Photo Date: 17 April 1999 This is a northern iris. It grows in both Alaska and Siberia. The standards of this iris are reduced to short thin spikes; the upward "petals" are actually style arms. |
Iris setosa, white |
Iris setosa Photo Date: 17 April 1999 |
Iris versicolor |
Iris versicolor Photo Date: 8 May 1999 This iris is native to eastern North America. |
Iris virginica |
Iris virginica Photo Date: 21 April 1999 This iris is a very close relative of Iris versicolor, but tends to have a more southerly range. |
