Central Phoenix -- I grow what I believe is the "true species" of Iris germanica -- a smallish purple flower with yellow beard. However,...Read More the provenance of my original is lost in the mist of time. I grow it among succulents and it survives and thrives on amazingly little water and in strong afternoon sun. This shouldn't surprise me because you commonly see still-thriving iris beds at old homesteads in Arizona that have been deserted for 50 to 100 years.
The trade list continues to be a catch all for unidentified iris, but there are true germanica's available from gardeners and from commer...Read Morecial growers.
I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!! Is not possible that this plant, extremely common in gardenery, was not present in DG until I added this fi...Read Morele... Only a cv. of Irid germanica is present but not the "normal" one that is with big difference the most cultivated of all Iris of any kind (species or hybrids).
Editor's Note
There was an entry at one time, but it became a 'catch-all' entry for unidentified bearded Iris. Let's keep this entry for the true species. Thanks!
Central Phoenix -- I grow what I believe is the "true species" of Iris germanica -- a smallish purple flower with yellow beard. However,...Read More
The trade list continues to be a catch all for unidentified iris, but there are true germanica's available from gardeners and from commer...Read More
I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!! Is not possible that this plant, extremely common in gardenery, was not present in DG until I added this fi...Read More