Scientific Name:	Iris x germanica
Pronunciation:	EYE-riss
Common Name:	German iris, tall bearded iris
Family Name:	Iridaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Stiffly upright sword-shaped leaves, 60-90 cm long with a sheathing base; flowers are a large single spike with "beard" or fuzz at the interface of the three upright and three dropping petals.
Course(s):	CLT Training, HORT 1193/1293, HORT 2355

Habit: Stiffly upright Form: Vase Texture: Coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Europe, Garden origin (Iris spp. x I. germanica) Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Perennial border, Summer interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Glabrous Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acute Bases: Sheathing Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Raceme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 3 Corolla Shape: Ligulate Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): White, Violet, Blue Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May, Jun Additional Info: Like most irises found locally, this is a single flower with one inferior ovary but the stigmas are petal-like to make it appear as three separate flowers.

Fruit Type: Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown, Green Fruiting Time: Jul, Aug Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes

Pest Susceptibility:	Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZN) GAZebo North (PDW) PonD West (WDH) Wark-Dumais House Location Map

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