Iris are one of the most beautiful perennials you can plant in your garden. With so many color and sizes to choose. I know you have a space for a couple.
They'll get a good start before the trees leaf out for those of you who shade garden, and some are light shade tolerant.
You can start them from seed or rhizome divisions. Simply loosen the soil a couple of inches 4 or 5 will do. Add some bone meal, then place the rhizome roots facing down about 3/4 covering the rhizome with soil as they like the top 1/4 exposed. A prerequisite is a well drained soil. Root rot is the worst problem you can have with irises.
Iris - Alaskan Seas Scientific Name: Iris 'alaskan seas'
Zone: 4-10
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Alaskan Seas', Iris germanica, has icy blue standards with deep sea blue falls. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"", it is outstanding ... more | 
Iris - Blue and White Mixed Colors Scientific Name: Iris 'blue and white mix'
Zone: 3-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The Dutch Iris Blue and White Mix, Iris, is a very cool mixture! This new and exclusive blend of Dutch Iris was created only for Van Bourgondien. I... more |
Iris - Blue Pearl Scientific Name: Iris 'blue pearl'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The Dutch Iris 'Blue Pearl', Iris, has orchid-like 24"" tall flowers of deep blue. Use them for borders, containers, or rock gardens, and they also ... more |
Iris - Bronze Dutch Blend Scientific Name: Iris 'dutch bronze blend'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The Bronze Dutch Iris Blend, Iris, is a new mixture of the finest quality Dutch Iris in unique bronze tones, with purple highlights. This blend is ... more |
Iris - Brown Lasso Scientific Name: Iris 'brown lasso'
Zone: 4-10
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Brown Lasso', Iris germanica, has orchid-lavender falls edged in brown with mustard- gold standards. Also known as ""Bearded Iris""... more |
Iris - Buckwheat Scientific Name: Iris 'buckwheat'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Buckwheat', Iris germanica, has light yellow blossoms with a slight sweet fragrance. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"", it is outstand... more |
Iris - Cantina Scientific Name: Iris 'cantina'
Zone: 4-10
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Cantina', Iris germanica, has a reddish violet with blue center, and has a grape fragrance. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"", it is ... more |
Iris - Clarence Scientific Name: Iris 'clarence'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Clarence', Iris germanica, is cool and blue, and this Iris is calming and quiet in the romantic garden. Also known as ""Bearded Iri... more |
Iris - Crystal Halo Scientific Name: Iris 'crystal halo'
Zone: 3-8
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The Japanese Iris 'Crystal Halo', Iris ensata (kaempferi), is our newest Japanese Iris that is a fantastic angel; deep violet petals surrounded with ... more |
Iris - Dutch - Mixed Colors Scientific Name: "Iris dutch ""Assorted Colors'"
Zone: 6-9
Sun: Full Sun - Partial Sun "The Iris 'Mixed Colors', 'Iris hollandica', a fall planted bulb, are dutch iris bulbs in mixed colors that are excellent for cutting. The colors run ... more |
Iris - Dwarf - Alida Scientific Name: Iris 'alida'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Full Shade "The Iris 'Alida', Iris reticulata , is a tiny iris that blooms in late winter and tolerates either sun or shade. Plant these pale blue irises at the ... more |
Iris - Dwarf - Cantab Scientific Name: Iris 'dwarf cantab'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The Dwarf Iris 'Cantab', Iris, has vivid cobalt blue petals turning lighter at the center, with attractive yellow and white markings. Very easy to fo... more |
Iris - Dwarf - Halkis Scientific Name: Iris 'halkis'
Zone: 3-8
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The Iris 'Halkis', Iris reticulata 'Halkis', is a tiny iris, and one of the truest blues available in the botanical world. In late winter 'Halkis' e... more |
Iris - Dwarf - Mixed Colors Scientific Name: Iris reticulata 'Assorted Colors'
Zone: 6-9
Sun: Full Sun - Partial Sun "The Dwarf Iris 'Mixed Colors', 'Iris reticulata', a fall planted bulb, is a dainty dwarf iris which originally came from such areas as Turkey and the... more |
Iris - Dwarf - Rockgarden Scientific Name: Iris 'dwarf rockgarden'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The Dwarf Rockgarden Iris, Iris, is fragrant, low growing and early blooming. They multiply rapidly and are excellent for borders or rock gardens, un... more |
Iris - Eye of the Tiger Scientific Name: Iris hollandica 'Eye of the Tiger'
Zone: 6-9
Sun: Full Sun - Partial Sun "The Iris 'Eye of the Tiger', 'Iris hollandica', a fall planted bulb, has electric dark violet-purple flowers that are excellent for cutting. This is ... more |
Iris - Fiery Temper Scientific Name: Iris 'fiery temper'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris ''Fiery Temper', Iris germanica, has rosy purple standards with deep wine red, almost black falls. Highlighted by the bright tangerin... more |
Iris - Gusto Scientific Name: Iris 'gusto'
Zone: 3-8
Sun: Full Sun "The Iris ensata 'Gusto', Iris, has bold blue petals with bright white centers. These Japanese Irises are some of the earliest Irises to bloom in the ... more |
Iris - Orange Harvest Scientific Name: Iris 'orange harvest'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Orange Harvest', Iris germanica, has deep purple standards with a white center and pale orange beard. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"... more |
Iris - Painted Cloud Scientific Name: Iris 'painted cloud'
Zone: 4-10
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Painted Cloud', Iris germanica, has delicate pink with blush falls and an orange beard. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"", it is outst... more |
Iris - Pass the Wine Scientific Name: Iris 'pass the wine'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Pass The Wine', Iris germanica, has richly peach pink standards, deep maroon falls edged in peach. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"",... more |
Iris - Pink Attraction Scientific Name: Iris 'pink attraction'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris Pink Attraction, Iris germanica, has soft pink standards and falls with a light orange beard. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"", it is ... more |
Iris - Poem of Ecstasy Scientific Name: Iris 'poem of ecstasy'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Poem of Ecstasy', Iris germanica, has peach-pink standards with smooth, deep, lavender falls. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"", it is... more |
Iris - Rosalie Figge Scientific Name: Iris 'rosalie figge'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Rosalie Figge', Iris germanica, has slightly ruffled, deep violet-purple standards and falls. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"", it is... more |
Iris - Rustler Scientific Name: Iris 'rustler'
Zone: 4-10
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Rustler', Iris germanica, has rust-amber standards with ruffled deep copper brown falls. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"", it is out... more |
Iris - Secret Service Scientific Name: Iris 'secret service'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Secret Service', Iris germanica, has soft tans standards edged in rosy violet with eggplant black falls accented by a bright orange ... more |
Iris - Tennison Ridge Scientific Name: Iris 'tennison ridge'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris Tennison Ridge, Iris germanica, has deep purple standards with a white center and a pale orange beard. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"... more |
Iris - Victoria Falls Scientific Name: Iris 'victoria falls'
Zone: 4-10
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris, 'Victoria Falls', Iris germanica, has ruffled light blue self with white single patch. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"", it is outst... more |
Iris - Wintry Sky Scientific Name: Iris 'wintry sky'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade "The German Iris 'Wintry Sky', Iris germanica, resembles a clear blue sky above mountains blanketed in fresh snow. Also known as ""Bearded Iris"", it... more |
