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Learn about planting iris rhizomes and growing iris flowers. We explain how to care for irises including bearded irises, and their soil, water, sun needs.
Aquatic plants are used to give the freshwater aquarium a natural appearance, oxygenate the water, absorb ammonia, and provide habitat for fish, especially fry (babies) and for invertebrates. Some aquarium fish and invertebrates also eat live plants. Hobbyists use aquatic plants for aquascaping, of several aesthetic styles.
Iris × germanica is the accepted name for a species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae commonly known as the bearded iris [2] or the German bearded iris. [3] It is of hybrid origin. [ 4 ] : 87 Varieties include I. × g. var. florentina .
All specimens in the aquarium trade are assumed to be clones of the original plant introduced in 2001. [9] In the aquarium industry, it is commonly confused with similar-looking liverworts of the genera Pellia and Monosolenium. In 2009, a molecular phylogenetic study determined that it is, in fact, a fern gametophyte.
Iris hexagona, commonly known as the Dixie iris, is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series hexagonae.It is a rhizomatous perennial with long bright green leaves, long thin stem and has small groups of flowers in shades of blue, from violet, to bluish purple, to lavender.
Iris lacustris, the dwarf lake iris, is a plant species in the genus Iris, subgenus Limniris and in the section Lophiris (crested irises). It is a rhizomatous, beardless perennial plant, native to the Great Lakes region of eastern North America. It has lavender blue or violet-blue flowers, a very short stem and long fan-like green leaves.
They are hardy, but prefer a well-drained sunny position in soil which dries out in summer; they are therefore suitable for a rock or gravel garden. [3] Iris reticulata has spherical to drop shaped bulbs, [4] that are coated with a solid brown fiberous network. [5] The leaves appear after flowering, [5] it has 10 cm (3.9 in) high stems. [6] [7]
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.