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Iris giganticaerulea, the giant blue iris, is a species of iris, in the subgenus Limniris, in the series Hexagonae.It is a rhizomatous perennial, from northern America.It has long bright green leaves, very tall stems and one or two musky fragrant flowers in a range of blue shades (pale, bright, dark, lavender and violet) or rarely white.
Iris florentina is considered one of the irises (with Iris pseudacorus) that inspired the fleur-de-lys (or fleur-de-luce) of heraldry, [13] [18] [12] which was the symbol of the city of Florence for centuries, [18] [5] and is on the coat of arms of the city.
"Japanese iris" is also a catch-all term for the Japanese iris proper (hanashÅbu), the blood iris (I. sanguinea, ayame) and the rabbit-ear iris (I. laevigata, kakitsubata). I. unguicularis is a late-winter-flowering species from Algeria, with sky-blue flowers with a yellow streak in the centre of each petal, produced from Winter to Spring.
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Its flowers are usually of a dull, leaden-blue colour, or dull buff-yellow tinged with blue. The petals have delicate veining. It blooms between June and July, but the flowers only last a day or so. [3] The green seed capsules, which remain attached to the plant throughout the winter, are 5–8 cm (2–3 in) long; and the seeds are scarlet.
The flowers are greyish lilac-white, (or slaty blue [8]) with falls having dark blue veins. The flowers smell of almonds. [6] Due to its early flowering (during winter), the leaves can be damaged (by snow and ice) so much that the plant does not form healthy bulbs for the next year. [10]
Another bloom that signals the end of winter and the start of a new gardening season is the Crocus. A squat groundcover in the Iris family growing 4 to 6 inches tall and wide, they are yellow ...
The deciduous leaves, disappear in winter or after flowering. [3] It has a slender stem, that can grow up to between 18–30 cm (7–12 in) tall. [4] [5] [6] The stem has 2 purplish-green, lanceolate spathe (leaves of the flower bud). They can grow up to between 2.5–3.3 cm (1–1 in) long and 1.2 cm wide. [2]