Data specific to Irises (Edit)
| Classification: |
Species
|
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Life cycle: |
Perennial
|
| Flowers: |
Showy
|
- Species Iris
- Iris
- Giant Blue Iris
- Giant Blue Flag
- Accepted: Iris giganticaerulea
- Synonym: Iris parvicaerulea
- Synonym: Iris wherryana
- Synonym: Iris citricristata
- Synonym: Iris fluviatilis
- Synonym: Iris miraculosa
- Synonym: Iris paludicola
Posted by
scvirginia on Jun 25, 2020 7:06 PM concerning plant:
Description from the 1933 catalog, Royal Iris Gardens (J. C. Nicholls, Jr., Camillus, NY), p.72:
Louisiana Species
CITRICRISTATA. 4—5 ft. Very tall large blue lavender like Giganticoerulea, but with lemon crest surrounded by lemon area.
Posted by
scvirginia on Jun 25, 2020 7:10 PM concerning plant:
Description from the 1933 catalog, Royal Iris Gardens (J. C. Nicholls, Jr., Camillus, NY), p.72:
Louisiana Species
GIGANTICOERULEA. 4—5 ft. Very large blooms on very tall stalks, with fine shape and substance. Lovely shades of light blue lavender. A strong grower, sometimes found over 7 ft. tall. Very fine.
« Add a new plant to the database
» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name
« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)
« Visit the Irises forum
« The Irises Database Front Page
« The Plants Database Front Page
![Date: c. 1929
illustration [as Iris miraculosa] by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisoni](/pics/2021-04-29/scvirginia/50ba91-250.jpg "Date: c. 1929
illustration [as Iris miraculosa] by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisoni")
