SPECIES IRIS  Iris leavigata

  

Bog Plants, Species Iris and Species Crosses

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Iris pseudacorus The water loving 'yellow flag' from Europe. 3 to 6'. Also does well in ordinary garden soil if you water regularly when needed.

Foxcroft Full Moon Gubijin Jin Yu King Clovis Krill
     
Foxcroft Full Moon $6.00 (Steele 02) Creamy white with maroon stitched eye
Gubijin $8.00 (Shimizu) A special yellow I. pseudacorus: the mother of those wonderful pseudatas from Japan
Jin Yu $8.00 (Jill Copeland 06) I. maackii. Light yellow self.
King Clovis $8.00 (Tanksley-Clark 94) Nice bright yellow larger form of pseudacorus
Krill $6.00 (Jill Copeland 03) Light yellow with red stitched signal. Signa Founders Medal 08

 

 
Seakrill Sun Cascade 'primrose' 'variegatus'  
     
Seakrill $6.00 (Jill Copeland 04) Bright yellow with solid red signal; contrasting maroon leaf bases and stalk nodes in early season
Sun Cascade $6.00 (Huber 93) yellow multipetal, 6-9 falls
'primrose' $6.00 Bright lemon yellow form
'variegatus' $6.00 (Huber 93) Beautiful yellow and dark green variegated spring foliage which turns all green as the plants mature in late summer.

 

Inter species crosses with I. pseudacorus  Grandchildren of the yellow flag, the ancestry is still mysterious. All are interesting yellow flowers with fascinating brown line patterns in the petals.

 
Phil Edinger Roy Davidson  
     
Phil Edinger 6.00 (Hager 91) Similar to Roy Davidson in color and pattern, slightly more brown veining.
Roy Davidson 6.00 (Hager 87) Large yellow blooms (3-4") last 2-3 days; a few brown veins from the red-brown crescent signals. 3' high, taller in wet soil

 

Pseudatas: I. pseudacorus crossed with Japanese Iris (I. ensata)  These interesting flowers now have their own page. To view the page of Pseudatas, click on the title word of this paragraph.

Kinshiko, a pseudata

 

Iris versicolor / virginica. The native northern and southern 'blue flags' that grow in shallow water and along the edge of streams. Branched stems bloom at about 20-30" if grown well in moist, organic rich soil. Hybrids of the two are called robusta.

Between The Lines Cast Ashore Dark Aura Do The Math Enfant Prodige
     
Between The Lines $8.00 (Schafer/Sacks 91) Versicolor. Light blue effect. Falls white with blue-violet veining
Cast Ashore $8.00 (Chapman 98) Robusta. 30" White, heavily veined rosy lavender
Dark Aura $6.00 (Hewitt 96) Robusta. 36". Large, dark red-violet blooms on black-purple stems! Purple foliage in spring!
Do The Math $8.00 (Jill Copeland 08) Complex mix of I. versicolor and I. virginca. Vigorous clump of purple flowers
Enfant Prodige Out (Huber 97) a 'biversata': (versicolor x ensata) x ensata! 40".S. lav-blue; styles white; F. blue-violet, darker halo. Vigorous. 3 branches
         
         
For Jay John Wood Late Call Mountain Brook Mysterious Monique
       
Wooly Bully        
     
For Jay $6.00 (Copeland 03) a robusta. 6- 8 buds. Violet stds, dk violet falls, yellow signal and white halo with purple veins
John Wood $6.00 (Wood 98) versicolor. Deep red-violet, gold and white signal; stems shaded purple
Late Call $6.00 (Huber 02) Versata: mix of I. versicolor and JI. Striking violet flowers with light styles
Mountain Brook $6.00 (Kennedy 85) Robusta. 30"+. Large blue-violet  versicolor type blooms. Foliage is a little purple in early spring
Mysterious Monique $8.00 (Knoepnadel 92) Versicolor. Falls are velvety dark red-wine; near black; white signal. Stds red violet. Styles white w/ wine wings
Wooly Bully Out (Jill Copeland 06) Robusta. Vigorous blue purple self, lighter standards, gold signal

 

     
   
'Asian Alliance    
     
Interesting interspecies Cross:    
Asian Alliance $8.00 a versicolor x laevigata. 3F. 24". Falls medium red-violet; tall standards lighter red-violet; yellow spear signal
     

 

Louisiana Iris:
  Michigan Belle
Michigan Belle $8.00 Jill Copeland 07 Nice violet Louisiana iris that does well in our zone 5 climate

 

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