Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Classification: Species
Bloom Color Classification: Violet

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 18 to 38 inches
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Late fall or early winter
Winter
Underground structures: Rhizome

Image
Common names
  • Species Iris
  • Iris
  • Algerian Iris

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Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-04-08
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-04-14
Location: Real Botanico de Madrid
Location: Real Botanico de Madrid
Date: 2023-11-11
Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex, UK.
Date: 2023-03-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-03-24
Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2023-12-29

Date: 2012-01-11
IRIS UNGUICLARIS

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Date: c. 1939
photo from the 1939 catalog, Oakhurst Gardens, Arcadia, Californi

Date: c. 1920
photo from 'The Gardeners' Chronicle', 1920
Location: Arroyo Grande, CA
Date: 2016-01-27
Winter Iris clump, blooming in January.
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: April
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Photo courtesy of Magnus Manske, Wikimedia Commons

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