 Asian Alliance |
Asian Alliance, Jean Witt 1988 I. versicolor crossed with I. laevigata Photographed 8 April 2000 |
 Iris collettii |
Iris collettii This iris has a tiny rhizome with swollen roots. The flowers open in mid-morning and close by the end of the afternoon. Photographed 4 May 2002 |
 Iris decora |
Iris decora This is a relative of Iris collettii. Photographed 18 May 2003 |
 Iris ensata spontanea |
Iris ensata spontanea This is a redish-purple wild form of the Japanese iris. I grew this plant from seed. Photographed 5 June 2002 |
 Unknown Japanese Iris |
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. This plant sometimes
blooms in mid to late summer, well after my other iris have finished. Photographed 11 June 2003 |
 Iris foetidissima |
Iris foetidissima 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. Photographed 5 May 2001 |
 Iris foetidissima |
Iris foetidissima with yellow standards Photographed 20 April 2000 |
 \Iris foetidissima seeds |
Iris foetidissima seeds Photographed 26 December 2000 |
 Iris hexagona |
Iris hexagona This is one of the Lousiana Iris species. It grows naturally in swamps and other wet places. Photographed 8 May 2003 |
 Red Dazzler |
Red Dazzler, Preston Hale 1969 This Lousiana Iris is often listed as a cultivare of Iris fulva, but is actually a hybrid. Photographed 15 May 2002 |
 Black Gamecock? |
This Lousiana Iris looks like Black Gamecock. It was sold to me as Iris
aphylla, but that is a bearded iris, so it was severely mislabeled. Photographed 15 May 1999 |
 Unknown Louisiana Iris |
This iris was sold at a nursery as just a purple Louisiana iris. Photographed 15 May 1999 |
 Iris lactea |
Iris lactea Iris lactea grows in a wide geographic range from Cetral Asia eastward. When established it is quite drought tolerant. Photographed 6 April 2003 |
 Iris lazica |
Iris lazica 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 Photographed 9 February 2003 |
 Iris laevigata 'Variegata' |
Iris laevigata 'Variegata' 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. Photographed 19 April 1999 |
 Iris longipetala |
Iris longipetela 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 and blooms well every year. Photographed 15 April 199 |
 \Iris prismatica 'Plicata' |
Iris prismatica 'Plicata' This iris is native to eastern North America. It likes growing in wet meadows. Photographed 8 May 2003 |
 Iris prismatica 'Polly Spout' |
Iris prismatica 'Polly Spout' Photographed 9 May 2001 |
 Iris pseudocorus dwarf form |
Iris pseudocorus, dwarf form 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. Photographed 3 May 2003 |
 Roy Davidson |
Roy Davidson, Hager 1991 This is a hybrid involving Iris pseudocorus Photographed 22 April 1999 |
 Iris ruthenica red form |
Iris ruthenica, red form Iris ruthenica is rather small iris whose range extends from Eastern Europe accross asia. Photographed 27 March 2003 |
 Iris setosa |
Iris setosa 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. Photographed 17 April 1999 |
 Iris setosa |
Iris setosa Photographed 17 April 1999 |
 Iris unguicularis |
Iris unguicularis This is known as the "winter iris" because it blooms during the winter. It is native to the eastern Mediteranean from Algeria to Greece and does well with hot dry summers. Photographed 9 February 2003 |
 Iris unguicularis 'Mary Barnard' |
Iris unguicularis 'Mary Barnard' Photographed 13 December 2003 |
 Iris verna smalliana |
Iris verna smalliana Iris verna is a small woodland iris whose range extends from Central Eastern to South Eastern United States. Photographed 24 March 2001 |
 Iris versicolor |
Iris versicolor This iris is native to wet areas of Northeastern North America. Photographed 8 May 1999 |
 Iris virginica pink form |
Iris virginica, pink form This iris is a close relative of Iris versicolor, but tends to have a more southerly range. Photographed 20 April 2002 |
 Pacific Smoothie |
Pacific Smoothie This iris is a hybrid between a Pacific Coast Iris and a Sino-siberian iris. Photographed 21 May 2003 |