Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Classification: Reticulata
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Plum purple with darker falls, which are marked with yellow and white

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Parentage: reticulata x histriodes

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Common names
  • Reticulated Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2008-03-24
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2017-02-16
Location: Bensenville, Il
Date: mid-March
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2013-04-05

Date: 2009-03-18
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2020-01-12
Photo by urania1
Location: Bensenville, Il
Date: mid-March

Iris 'George'  hybrid of Iris histrioides and Iris reticulata
Location: Sun garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-03-30
A sweet surprise and welcome color in early April

photo credit: Ghislain118

Date: 2009-01-31
Photo courtesy of: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.ne
Location: Sun
Date: 2012-03-05
Location: Part sun Zone 6
Date: 2012-03-13
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