Data specific to Irises (Edit)
| Classification: |
Species
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| Registered Height: |
12 - 20 inches |
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Water Preferences: |
Wet Mesic
Mesic
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| Soil pH Preferences: |
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 8b
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| Flowers: |
Showy
Fragrant
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| Flower Color: |
Purple
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| Bloom Size: |
2"-3"
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| Flower Time: |
Spring
Late spring or early summer
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| Underground structures: |
Rhizome
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| Uses: |
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Division
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- Species Iris
- Zig Zag Iris
- Iris
- Accepted: Iris brevicaulis
- Synonym: Iris foliosa var. boonensis
- Synonym: Iris mississippiensis
- Synonym: Iris foliosa
- Iris 'Brevicaulis'
- Iris 'Mississippiensis'
Posted by
scvirginia on Jun 25, 2020 8:53 PM concerning plant:
Description from the 1933 catalog, Royal Iris Gardens (J. C. Nicholls, Jr., Camillus, NY), p.75:
Other American Species
FOLIOSA (Collected in Mississippi 1902). 20". Large blooms of a beautiful brilliant blue, on zig-zag stems that barely rise above the leaves. Wide short foliage, deep green in color. This species has flowers of a more beautiful clearer blue than any other species.
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![Date: c. 1924
illustration [as Iris foliosa] by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisonia',](/pics/2021-04-29/scvirginia/381569-250.jpg "Date: c. 1924
illustration [as Iris foliosa] by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisonia',")
![Date: c. 1929
illustration [as Iris atrocyanea] by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisoni](/pics/2021-04-29/scvirginia/bf3452-250.jpg "Date: c. 1929
illustration [as Iris atrocyanea] by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisoni")
![Date: c. 1929
illustration [as Iris chrysaeola] by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisoni](/pics/2021-04-29/scvirginia/1c5093-250.jpg "Date: c. 1929
illustration [as Iris chrysaeola] by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisoni")
