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Iris × hollandica, commonly known as the Dutch iris, is a hybrid iris developed from species native to Portugal, Spain and North Africa [1] (Iris tingitana × Iris xiphium). [ 2 ] Two varieties of Iris xiphium (var. praecox ) from Spain and (var. lusitanica ) from Portugal, were crossed with Iris tingitana (from North Africa).
Iris is a flowering plant genus of 310 accepted species [1] with showy flowers.As well as being the scientific name, iris is also widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera.
Mainly known for the garden cultivars known as Dutch Iris, Spanish Iris and English Iris. They generally flower between early to mid-summer and each stem produces between 1 - 3 flowers. Most bulbs should be planted in late autumn, 10 cm deep and between 5–10 cm apart. [3] Section Xiphium. Iris boissieri Henriq; Iris filifolia Boiss. Iris ...
Iris albicans – white cemetery iris, white flag iris; Iris alexeenkoi Grossh. Iris aphylla L. – stool iris, table iris, leafless iris (including I. nudicaulis) Iris aphylla subsp. hungarica (Waldst. & Kit.) Helgi ; Iris attica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek; Iris benacensis A.Kern. ex Stapf; Iris bicapitata Colas; Iris croatica – Perunika I ...
Iris subg. Scorpiris, commonly called Juno, is a subgenus of Iris, representing the smooth-bulbed bulbous irises. For a while it was an independent genus Juno Tratt. in some classifications. [1] [2] [3] There are around 60 different species of Juno irises, making it the largest group of bulbous irises.
The largest bulbs of the Iris subg. Xiphium subgenus are Iris tingitana. [6] In the US, bulbs with an 11 cm circumference are recommended to be used by flower producers. [6] It has flowers in various shades of blue. [7] It has pale blue veins on the flowers and has generally between 1 and 2 flowers to a stem. [8]
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Iridaceae (/ ɪ r ɪ ˈ d eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /) is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises.It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of c. 2500 species.