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Like many irises, Iris tenax has large and showy flowers. The flowers bloom in mid to late spring and are usually lavender-blue to purple, but blooms in white, yellow, pink, and orchid shades are known to sometimes occur. The leaves are very slender for an iris, seldom over 5 mm broad; the plant is often mistaken for a type of grass when not in ...
This designation was made in 1933 by the state legislature. Although the law does not specifically define a type of iris, it is generally accepted that the purple iris is the state flower. [10] The blue flag has been the provincial flower of Quebec since 1999, having replaced the Madonna lily which is not native to the province. [11] [12]
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 virginica is a perennial plant that grows up to 0.6–0.9 m (2–3 ft) tall. The plant's sword-shaped basal leaves are erect or sometimes arching and measure up to 91 cm (3 ft) long and 2.5 cm (1 in) across at the base.
Iris verna, the dwarf violet iris, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family . [1] It is endemic to the eastern United States from Maryland to Florida along the Atlantic Coast, west to Mississippi, and inland to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio. [2] [3] [4] It occurs in nutrient-poor acidic soils of open to semi-shaded woodlands. [3]
Due to their tropical nature, bird-of-paradise plants like to be warm but not hot; think pretty much room temperature, or between 65 and 75 degrees, according to Futeral.
Iris × germanica grows up to 120 cm (47 in) high and 30 cm (12 in) wide. [5] The roots can go up to 10 cm (3.9 in) deep and it is a rhizomatous perennial that blooms mid to late spring. Hundreds of cultivars exist representing nearly every colour from jet black to sparkling whites and red. [ 6 ]
Iris brevicaulis is the smallest in all the Hexagonae series of Louisiana irises. [3] Its leaves and stalks are much shorter than the other species. [4] It is similar in form to Iris virginica, [5] The flowers are normally never seen above the foliage, [6] [4] [7] due to the short zig-zagging flower stems and occasionally, due to the habit of the stems to lie along the floor, [8] or it is ...