Monday, September 28, 2020

Iris

 Planted the following Iris rhizomes in the front flowerbed at Norglenwold in September 2020. 


2 Just Like Heaven - Bearded German Iris.  Consisting of only 6 petals.  3 upright standard petals and 3 downward fall petals.  Height 36" .  Massive blooms, and a lot of them, with delicate petal shape and color combination,  Chalky white standards have just a hint of blue at their base and sit atop rounded, soft sky-blue falls.  

1 Cloud Dweller - Bearded German Iris.  Consisting of only 6 petsals.  3 upright standard petals and 3 downward fall petals.  Height 40". Ivory white.  The undersides of the standards and falls both have a sunny, yellow glow.  Branched with several flowers per stalk.

2 Best Bet -  Reblooming German Iris. Height 36"  Light sky blue-purple standards and darker grape-purple falls.  Hardy, deer resistant.  Re-blooming Iris best in a sunny, well-drained garden.  They will bloom first in late spring and again at the end of the season.  Zone 3-8