Very beautiful Irises: photo, description, the best varieties of flowers. Varieties of bearded irises: selection and proper care

The classification of irises still causes a lot of inconsistencies, because very often plant varieties come from interspecific and inter-varietal crosses. Therefore, amateur gardeners have created their own, conditional division into species according to common characteristics.

The most common in culture is a group of bearded irises, the main difference of which is the presence of a beard of hairs outside the perianth. Annual growths are clearly expressed on the rhizome of the plant. Bearded irises include hybrids of species such as Germanic iris, variegated iris, pale iris, and others. Therefore, the most correct would be the name of the varieties of bearded irises varieties iris hybrid.

A variety of colors (from pale cream and white to dark blue) and plant height allows you to choose a variety for any. Tall bearded irises grow above 0.7 m, medium-sized ones - from 0.41 m to 0.7 m, undersized (dwarf) up to 0.4 m.

Americans are leaders in the selection of irises. The Russian Iris Society (ROI) has also developed its own classification, different from the American one. The only group that does not cause controversy in both countries is the standard tall bearded irises, the most common and well-known class throughout the world.

bearded irises

This group is divided into several subgroups that differ in the height of the peduncle, flower size and flowering time:

• High- characterized by large chic flowers and a long (from 0.7 to 1.20 m) peduncle.
• curbs- peduncle from 0.41 to 0.7 m.
• miniature tall- the dimensions are the same as those of the previous group, but differ in small flowers and a thinner stem.
• Sideshow- differ in flowering time, reach a height of 0.41 to 0.7 m.
• Standard dwarf- the size of the peduncle varies from 0.21 m to 0.4 m.
• Miniature pygmy- bloom very early and have the smallest flowers. The height of the peduncle is up to 0.2 m.

All plants shown are different dates flowering: from very early to late. Properly choosing varieties, you can enjoy their beauty almost all summer.

Bearded iris flower structure: standards, beard, fouls

The color of bearded irises can be one-color, two-tone, two-color. Two-color, depending on the color transition, are divided into: amena(white color standards), variegata(standards are yellow, fouls are deep red), iridescent(colors change gradually) plicata(petals are decorated with strokes, dots, border), luminata(light-colored veins on a dark background), fantasy—plicata(veins and various strokes or dots are combined in color).

Bearded iris breeding is not a very difficult task, so hundreds of new varieties appear every year. Largest farms breeding these flowers are located in the USA, Australia and France. In Holland they specialize in bulbous irises.

Novelties of the world selection in 2017:

Tall:

SPICE GIRLS - a flower of delicate yellow-orange hues. The inner perianth segments are strongly corrugated, pale yellow. The lower lobes are brighter, orange-brown. The beard is dark orange color.

CAMPFIRE TALES - bright orange. The lower lobes of the perianth are pale brown with golden edging. The beard is light brown, with white markings on the petal around it. The upper lobes are strongly pressed against each other.

FACE LIFT - with an unusual flower shape, similar to a gypsy skirt - strongly flared, with wavy edges. Pale cream color with yellow veins. Beards are orange.

COWPOKE - Standards (upper perianth) bright apricot. Falls (lower parts of perianths) are velvety, berry-black, with purple venation around a red-orange beard.

Standard dwarfs:

COLD HEARTED - grows up to 30 cm. Standards are pale burgundy, slightly wavy, falls are deep red-burgundy in color, with a smooth edge, cream beard.

VOLCANIC SPRITE - grows up to 28 cm. Standards are pale purple, white along the edge, dark red-violet at the base; falls - pale purple, white at the edges, brick red in the middle; hairs on beards white, light yellow; the flower has a light pleasant aroma.

TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL - all petals are an icy blue-violet shade, the beard is white, with golden yellow tips.

RHOSLYN BERRY - loose, open flower. The standards are crimson purple, the falls are the same color with a dark red spot in the middle. Purple beard. It has a light pleasant aroma.

Unbearded irises

Swamp or water-loving

This group includes hybrids of marsh iris, bristly, multi-colored, smooth. The advantages of all varieties of the group include their moisture-loving nature (indispensable for planting near a reservoir and in shallow water), resistance to adverse factors, early and long flowering. The shape and color of flowers in moisture-loving hybrids is rather modest - most often they are yellow or blue irises various shades. The leaves are narrow, xiphoid, long. Easily propagated by seeds and vegetatively. Prefers acidic soils with great moisture.

The most common varieties in Russia:

BERLIN TIGER - yellow irises with dark veins, reminiscent of the skin of a tiger. Height - 60 -70 cm

VARIEGATA is a variety whose main decoration is not yellow medium-sized flowers, but bicolor white-green leaves.

CREME DE LA CREME - pale cream flowers, small purple veins at the base of the petals.

FLORE PLENA - bright yellow irises, with a darker bordered spot in the middle. Can reach a height of 1.8 m.

GOLDEN QUEEN - bright yellow iris without strokes and inclusions. Height - up to 90 cm

Siberian irises

Siberian irises include many different hybrids of both the Siberian iris itself, and blood-red iris and horn-leaved iris. These species are distinguished by the presence of 28 chromosomes in the cells. They are widely distributed in nature. A huge number of interspecific hybrids have been created in the culture, which are distinguished by winter hardiness, the beauty of the flower, and the color of the leaves that does not turn yellow all summer long. Most (up to 95%) varieties Siberian irises created on the basis of 28-chromosome hybrids. In landscape design, Siberian irises are used in mixborders, group plantings on the lawn, to create a border around trees and shrubs. Plants are highly valued for their ability to endure severe frosts even without snow cover, resistance to waterlogging of the soil, abundant flowering, nice shape bush. Siberian irises do not require constant planting and can grow into huge curtains without losing the quality of flowering. The color range of modern varieties is huge, and some flowers can even look different in the morning, afternoon or evening.

Modern varieties:

BOOK OF SECRETS - up to 70 cm high, small standards, white with warm yellow tint, falls - white with a golden spot. It has a low aroma and is very popular for cutting.

BUNDLE OF JOY - terry variety. Standards - from 6 to 9 pieces of lavender color, falls - with a blue spot.

DIRIGO BLACK VELVET - height 107-112 cm, dark blue irises, falls with a bright yellow spot cut with dark veins.

DANCE AND SING - height 65 cm, a plant with a very large flower, wide, almost not corrugated petals. The color is pale yellow, the standards are more white. It has a slight pleasant aroma.

Siberian iris DANCE AND SING

DEAR CURRIER - soft blue standards with dark blue veins, falls - deep blue with a light border and a small spot of yellow. The petals are corrugated.

Siberian iris DEAR CURRIER

Chrysographs- Sino-Siberian irises or Sino-Siberian, which came to us from China. They look like Siberian iris, but have a set of 40 chromosomes, differ in a looser bush and light green foliage. The petal is easily recognizable, as it is decorated with strokes and spots. Breeding work in this group is carried out recently and they are still quite rare in culture.

Japanese irises- under this name, various varieties of plants of the species "Iris xiphoid, aka" Kaempfer's iris "are united. Selection work with this group of plants is most actively carried out in Japan, from where it got its name. In Russia, Japanese irises winter without shelter only in southern regions. These flowers do not tolerate stagnant water and waterlogging, prefer slightly acidic soil. In Russia, these plants are selected in Barnaul (Dolganova Z.V.) and in Vladivostok (Mironova L.N.). The Japanese irises of Zoya Vladimirovna Dolganova take root well in central Russia, but the flowers from Vladivostok are more capricious due to the warm and humid climate in which they grow.

Spuria. These are irises of the genus Xyridion. The group includes the following species: spuria, pontic, cereal, note, salt-loving, oriental iris, monnieri, golden and many other species. They differ in the height of the peduncle and the size of the flower. Basically, these flowers are found in nature in a wild form and have appeared in culture quite recently. Some varieties prefer dry soil, and some waterlogged. In general, spuria irises are quite unpretentious.

Louisiana- a group of heat-loving irises, the cultivation and selection of which gardeners in America and Australia are passionate about. It includes 5 wild-growing species - six-ribbed, brown-yellow, short-stemmed, giant blue, Nelson. In Russia, Louisiana irises are mainly represented in botanical gardens, and in open field only a few varieties with blue and pink flowers.

Californian or Pacific Coast irises have long narrow leathery evergreen leaves. They prefer acidic soils, they do not tolerate transplanting very well, therefore they are difficult to propagate. In nature, their habitat is the states of California, Oregon, Washington. Plants belonging to this group, which includes at least 10 species, usually have small size bush, bloom in early summer and differ in flower color.

bulbous irises

In Russia, botanists exclude bulbous plants from the genus Iris, but in the Western tradition there are bulbous irises, and with this name they come to us for sale from nurseries and farms in Holland. Dutch irises are widely represented on our shelves.

Bulbous irises include three types: iridodictium (mesh iris), juno (Bukhara iris), xifium. Reticulated iris is the most winter-hardy and stable in the conditions of central Russia. It blooms in early spring, does not require annual digging of bulbs, has a large number of varieties of various colors.

Conclusion

As you can see, there are a great many varieties of irises in the world. We sincerely hope that the photos and descriptions of flowers presented in this article will help you choose suitable varieties for your landscape design.

Many consider them rustic, but in fact the bearded iris flower is very multifaceted - a magnificent collection of bearded irises will simply transform a summer flower garden in any area, make it unique and colorful. Thanks to the huge number garden varieties of this plant, everyone will be able to choose for themselves the flower that will perfectly match the goal.

In this article, we will consider the features of growing bearded iris - the most popular species among gardeners, give a description of the varieties of this flower, and also note the basic rules of how to plant bearded iris and how to care for it.

Botanical description and features of bearded iris

Bearded iris is a perennial rhizomatous plant that belongs to the Kasatikovye or Iris family. These bright and unusual flowers can be found on almost all continents, therefore, without false modesty, the bearded iris should be called an international flower. These are such unique flowers that it is difficult to even convey their beauty and main features. Bearded irises in nature can easily interbreed and thus create new bright varieties. It was this feature that attracted breeders from all over the world and made it possible to breed several tens of thousands different varieties bearded iris.

There are a large number of legends associated with the appearance of this flower on earth, with the origin of its name. Iris is translated from Latin as "rainbow". That's what they called ancient greek goddess rainbow Iridu, which was the link between the gods and people. She personified a beautiful and fragile girl with two delicate wings behind her back, ready to fly into the sky at the slightest call, sparkling with all the shades of the rainbow. In honor of this goddess, irises flowers were named, which, like the smallest fragments of a rainbow, adorn fields and meadows. There is another legend about the appearance of this beautiful flower. She refers us to the times of the reign of the gods and the appearance of Prometheus in the world. At the moment when Prometheus gave fire to people, a rainbow flashed in the sky, which gave people light and joy all day, all evening and all night. This is how nature expressed its jubilation. And when the sun rose in the morning, there was no rainbow in the sky, but the whole earth was strewn bright colors irises, which resembled fragments of a multi-colored rainbow.

The first mention of iris flowers was recorded 2000 years ago. The painted flower was discovered by archaeologists in the palace of Minos, and many years later the iris became a sacred and revered flower on the island of Cyprus. Now the bearded iris flower is a favorite flower not only of numerous breeders for whom working with it is a pleasure, but also of millions of gardeners who have appreciated its beauty and unpretentiousness.

Description of bearded iris:

• Bearded iris is a perennial rhizomatous plant that has received wide use around the world.
• Today there is a rather complicated classification of iris species, which is difficult for an ordinary gardener to understand. Therefore, fans of this unusual flower group all varieties very simply: bearded and not bearded. Bearded irises are the most popular variety, which attracts gardeners with bright colors and an interesting form of inflorescences.
• The root system of bearded irises is superficial, sometimes showing up from the ground. It has many small thread-like roots. In appearance, it has several annual seals that spread and allow the plant to grow.
• Every spring, an annual peduncle grows from the rhizome, on which flowers subsequently bloom.
• The leaves of the iris are bearded long and flat, they can be xiphoid or linear in shape, very thin, covered with a wax coating.
• The leaves are arranged in two-row fan beams at the very base of the peduncle. These are root leaves. Stem leaves are small, there are very few of them.
• The color of the leaves is light green.
• By height, bearded plants are divided into several groups: dwarf - up to 35 cm high, intermedia - 40-75 cm high and high bearded irises - up to 2 m high.
• The main decoration of the bearded iris is its flowers, which amaze with a variety of shades and intricate shapes.
• The flower consists of 6 petals, which are arranged in two tiers. Three of them rise with a dome upwards, and the remaining three are slightly lowered and bent down. The colors of the petals are often multi-colored: red-orange-yellow, blue-blue, purple-blue with white. Among the variety of shades, there is not only pure red.
• The name of the bearded iris variety comes from a small beard on bent petals, which consists of small woolly hairs, often of a contrasting shade. Hence the name of this variety.
• The flowers of the bearded iris can be single or collected in small inflorescences. A large bush can have about 10 flowers on one peduncle.
• Flowering begins around the end of May or early June. One flower can bloom 3-5 days.
• Some varieties have a pleasant aroma, so they are often grown for industrial purposes to obtain essences for cosmetology.
• After the flowers have faded, the fruits appear on the plant in the form of a three-celled box.

A variety of varieties of bearded iris

Irises have long been considered one of the most popular garden flowers, the variety of colors and shapes of which is simply amazing. The most popular are bearded irises, which group includes approximately 35,000 different varieties, which differ in height, shape and size of inflorescences, color. Today there is a very complex classification of species and varieties of irises, which is quite difficult for ordinary gardeners to understand. Many still distribute according to the beard on the petals. Consider the description of the best bearded irises.

• Variety "Beverly Hills". This is a tall bearded iris, the peduncle can reach a height of about 90 cm. The leaves of this flower are long and narrow, have a bright green tint. Bush bearded iris grows rapidly. The flower is medium in size, its shade is coral pink with a lacy reddish beard. Flowering variety Beverly Hills begins in early July.

• Variety of bearded iris "Burgomaster". Another tall variety, the peduncle of which can reach a height of about 80 cm. The flower is medium in size, the petals are orange-purple on the edge, dark purple inside. Inside the flower, the petals are slightly yellowish with a pinkish tint.
• Sort "Batik". This variety of bearded iris can reach a height of about 70-80 cm. The leaves are narrow, they do not lose their bright green color until the end of summer. The flowers are quite large, up to 16-16 cm each. By the name of the variety, it is clear that the color of the petals will be in the well-known artistic technique of batik. Purple flower with lots of white veins.

• Variety "Summer Night". A beautiful, tall variety of bearded iris, which can reach a height of 80-90 cm. Medium-sized flowers of a bright purple hue with a yellow core. The flowering of this variety of iris begins in early or mid-July. Flowers have a pronounced aroma.
• Variety of bearded iris "Starfall". A tall variety of bearded iris, which can reach a height of 75-80 cm. The flowers are medium in size, their shade is light yellow with a bright orange beard.
• Variety of bearded iris "Arkady Raikin". Tall iris, which has a bright beautiful shade. The flowers are medium in size, the petals of which are pink-red in color with a contrasting orange beard. The flowers have a strong fragrance.

• Variety of bearded iris "Abkhazia". These are medium-sized flowers that are distinguished by a late flowering period. Flowers are large, purple-brown. Petals along the edge are strongly wavy, have many folds, due to which the flower seems to be fringed.
• Variety of bearded iris "Guards". This variety of bearded iris is considered one of the tallest and most fragrant, which will be an excellent decoration for any site. The flowers are large, reach a diameter of about 15 cm, consist of bright yellow petals.
• Variety of bearded iris "Elbrus Diamond". This variety of iris is also very popular among gardeners. A tall plant that can reach about 80-90 cm. The flowers are massive, white in color with a bright orange-yellow core and veins on the petals.
• Variety "Caribbean Dream". A medium-sized variety of bearded iris, which is distinguished by a delicate vanilla aroma. The flowers are large, have a bright blue hue of the petals.

• A variety of bearded iris "Crowd Heads". This variety of iris is a real miracle of selection. Plants of medium height, the middle of the flowers has a bright purple-blue hue, the extreme petals are silver-blue. The flower has a wonderful fragrance.
• Sort "Noon in Rio". A beautiful variety of bearded iris in bright purple tones. The petals of the flower are bright purple with a lacy wavy edge. The beard has a golden color.
• Variety "Nain Lives". A dwarf variety of bearded iris, which can reach a height of about 25-35 cm. The central petals are creamy, the outer petals are dark red-burgundy with a wide light pink border and a central golden spot.

Reproduction of bearded iris: common methods

Most often, planting material for bearded irises is purchased from specialized stores. However, if a beautiful bush of this bright flower still grows on your site, you can try to breed many additional young plants. Several methods are suitable for this: seed propagation, vegetative reproduction- division of the rhizome, bud method. Let us consider in more detail the main nuances of each method of reproduction.

Seed propagation of bearded iris

• Seed propagation is used extremely rarely, since in its process the plant completely loses its maternal characteristics.
• First of all, it is necessary to collect seeds in the fall, then decide on the time of sowing.
• To do this, seeds can be sown in autumn or spring. However, when planting in the spring, the seeds must go through a process of stratification.
• Seeds must first be soaked and then dried. Then they are mixed with clean coarse sand and placed in a container, after which they are put in the refrigerator.
• If you decide to sow immediately after collecting the seeds, then be sure to prepare the soil in advance, dig it up and loosen it.
• After that, place the seeds in the soil to a depth of about 1.5-2 cm.
• Seedlings will appear in the spring, but most of them germinate only in the second year after planting.

Reproduction of bearded iris by dividing the rhizome

• This method of reproduction is considered the most popular and frequently used, since every three years the bearded iris bushes still need to be planted due to the loss of decorativeness.
• You can start the propagation method by dividing the rhizome at the end of the summer dormancy of the iris.
• To do this, the bush can be completely dug up or the delenki can be separated immediately from the bush growing in the flower bed.
• The excavated rhizome must be washed under water, and then divided into required amount divide in such a way that each side has several healthy buds, a sufficient number of roots and a fan of leaves, consisting of 5-7 leaves.
• The fan of leaves is shortened to about 15 cm, the roots also need to be cut to 10-15 cm.
• After that, the delenki are soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, after which they must be allowed to dry in the sun.
• Delenki landed in a permanent place.
• Irises planted with cuttings may bloom as early as next year.

Reproduction of bearded iris by bud method

• Sometimes gardeners resort to the bud method of breeding bearded irises. This is especially true in cases where it is urgently necessary to breed rare varieties of bearded iris.
• Each rhizome has axillary buds in the form of small tubercles.
• It is necessary to cut the rhizome into several links with buds or cut a bud with a knife.
• After that, the resulting kidneys must be treated with a solution of potassium permanganate or another disinfectant and planted in containers or boxes for growing.
• In this way, you can get a large number of young plants at once.

Preparation before planting bearded iris

Iris bearded is one of the most popular colors flower growers, as this beautiful plant contains the beauty and brightness of inflorescences and unpretentiousness in cultivation. However, like any other culture, bearded iris requires careful planting before planting. preparatory work, which consists in acquiring high-quality and healthy planting material and choosing the ideal place for planting on your site. Only after that you will get a beautiful and abundantly flowering plant.

Stage 1. Selection of varieties and seedlings of bearded iris

• First of all, you need to decide on the choice of a particular variety of bearded iris. This is not easy to do, since today there are more than 35,000 varieties of this beautiful plant species.
• Choose a bearded iris variety depending on the planting site. Taller varieties can be purchased for the central part of the flower bed, and undersized ones will look perfect as a border plant.
• You need to buy iris delenki only in a specialized store or garden center, this is the only way you can be sure of the quality of the purchased material. You can also take iris delenki from friends at the moment when the bearded iris is transplanted.
• In stores, delenki are most often sold in transparent bags with a filler, for example, with sawdust.
• Carefully inspect the division, it is better to choose large and healthy divisions that take root and bloom faster.
• The purchased delenka must have at least one link with buds and roots. The rhizome itself should be dense and resilient, without traces of decay and softening. Yellowish spots should be clearly visible on it - signs of the appearance of future roots.
• Delenka can be bought at any time of the year, as this planting material is not afraid of drying out. Most importantly, you can not store it in a package.

Stage 2. Choosing a place for planting bearded iris

• Bearded iris is considered an unpretentious crop and does not require the creation of special conditions for growing, however, in order to obtain a brightly flowering flower, it is important to choose the right place.
• Bearded iris will grow well only in a sunny area, only slight shading is allowed in the afternoon.
• You should not plant irises in the shade of trees or shrubs, as the rhizome of this plant does not tolerate any shading.
• The place you choose should be protected from drafts and strong wind, since a strong gust can simply break the delicate flowers of the bearded iris.
• It is best to plant irises on an inclined plane, as these flowers do not like stagnant moisture at the rhizome.

Stage 3. Selection and preparation of soil for bearded iris

• For planting irises, it is important to find a site with a neutral or slightly acidic soil reaction. If there is none, then lime can be added with a strong soil acid, and peat and sand can be added with a heavy one.
• The soil should be light and breathable, even rocky soil will do.
• Bearded irises should not be planted on clay soils that retain moisture.
• The soil should not have a large number of weeds that can become a carrier of diseases. A large number of organics are also very bad for flowers.
• Before planting, carefully dig the selected area and loosen the place well.

Planting bearded iris - instructions

• Bearded iris is planted in autumn, when the roots of the plant become hard and dense and will not break.
• Next, in a place prepared in advance, dig right amount planting holes, the size of which will depend on the size of the divisions.
• At the bottom of each, it is important to pour a good layer of drainage, as this plant does not tolerate prolonged stagnation of moisture at the roots. Small stones, expanded clay or large and clean sand can be used as drainage.
• Next, in the center of the hole, you need to pour a small mound of soil and place a division of the bearded iris on it, and distribute all the roots around it.
• After that, you need to sprinkle the roots of the iris with soil, and the rhizome itself is slightly covered with clean sand with a layer of about 1-2 cm.
• If you plant delenki in the fall, be sure to cover them with mulch so that they do not freeze out. When planted in summer, the plants will have time to take root.
• Plants need to be watered after planting.

Agrotechnics of growing bearded iris: secrets and nuances of care

Bearded irises are rather unpretentious plants, however, despite this, they constantly need regular and close care, which should consist of elementary actions familiar to every gardener. Proper care of bearded irises will ensure beautiful and bright colors. flowering plants.

• Watering. Bearded irises have the ability to accumulate moisture in their rhizome, so they can do without watering for a long time. It is necessary to bring water under the root of these plants only during extreme heat and obvious drying of the soil. Young delenki also need abundant soil moisture.
• Loosening and weeding. Irises also need regular loosening. However, it is important to remember here that root system of this plant is superficial, and the tuber can generally be located on the surface. Therefore, you need to loosen very carefully, trying not to damage the tuber, which will be hard to recover. It is important to constantly remove weeds that can become a source of disease.
• Top dressing. Bearded irises respond well to top dressing, however, it is necessary to choose fertilizers with a minimum nitrogen content, as well as add less organic matter. Usually feed the plant three times per season. The first feeding is done in the spring before flowering - around the end of April. In this case, sodium nitrate can be used. The second top dressing is carried out during the budding period, when ammonium sulfate can be used as a fertilizer. The third feeding is recommended two weeks after flowering. At this time, you can feed the irises with phosphate and potash fertilizers.
• Iris transplant. A few years after planting, the rhizome of the plant begins to grow, and the central part becomes lifeless. In this case, it is recommended to transplant the bearded iris, as the flower loses its decorative effect, the peduncles become shorter, and the flowers are smaller. It is recommended to repot irises every 3-4 years. Dwarf forms of bearded iris can be transplanted less frequently, as they can grow in one place for up to 10 years.
• Pruning. After the flowering of the iris, its flower stalks must be cut off, and before the onset of winter, the leaves of the plant are also cut off at a height of 10-15 cm.
• Shelter for the winter. Russian varieties bearded iris can winter without shelter. however, more delicate imported varieties should still be covered. To do this, the soil is spudded with peat and covered with fallen leaves, preferably oak, since rodents do not live in it. After that, the plants are covered with spruce branches.

Bearded irises - photo

Bearded irises are the most popular representatives of their family, which have long been the favorites of many gardeners. These luxurious flowers with their bright colors can replace a whole flower bed of other flowering plants, while not requiring any additional effort or expense from you.

Irises are perennial herbaceous plant with a thick fleshy and creeping rhizome. Usually the stem of the plant is branched at the top. Basal leaves are xiphoid, blue-green in color, stem leaves are linear.

The flowers are large, solitary, located on the tops of the branches in the axils of the leaves. The fruit is a three-celled multi-seeded pod. Iris got its name from the different shades of its flowers. They can be: white, yellow, sky blue, purple, resemble a rainbow. The word iris translates as rainbow.

Iris is a champion in the variety of colors of flowers. In its petals - all the colors of the rainbow: from warm sunny, red-orange-yellow to cold blue-violet and deep dark purple, almost black.

Irises are a special group of plants and in it each flower is a gift skillfully created by nature. Find a lighted spot or a lightly shaded spot in yours and plant a collection of irises. Plant it, you won't regret it!

Irises photo - the best varieties

1. For your review, varieties of bearded irises are offered, beautiful, graceful, large:

Variety - Paradise bird (Paradise bird)

The petals are silky, shiny lilac-crimson with a wavy frill along the edge and a red-coral beard.

Sort - Sunset in Avalon (Avalon sunset)

These irises are like a gift of the passing day in the soft reflection of the sun and delicate subtle aromas. Intense warm and joyful orange in the ruffled petals of large flowers glows with coral, apricot and salmon hues of happiness.

Variety - Silkirim (Silkirim)

Delightful, refined and elegant. The upper petals are lush, strongly wavy, brownish-pink with beige shades"baked milk" of graceful lower petals, bordered by a slightly ruffled lingonberry-brown frill.

Variety - Mission Ridge (Mission ridge)

The flowers are large, corrugated, air-silk. A soaring white-blue sail of the upper petals against the background of a wide blue-blue wave of the lower ones.

Variety - Victoria Falls (Viktoria falls)

The coolness of the azure sky and the rippling picturesque water stream are reflected in the chic blue flowers with large petals bordered by a light wavy frill. Irises conquer the purity and richness of color, exquisite form of flowers.

Variety - Amsterdam (Amsterdam)

The luxury, richness and royalty of the lower petals with a thick, almost inky veining on a purple background in perfect harmony with the spirituality and nobility of the delicate, graceful and wavy upper petals. This union is strengthened and emphasized by a contrasting bright coral-red beard with radiant, radially diverging short pearl-white stripes.

Variety - Player (Depht of fild)

Flower of great life-affirming power, bright, orange. The petals are wavy, textured, with pronounced venation and a corrugated frill along the edge.

Variety - Lace and frills (Ruffles and lace)

Coquettish irises glowing with joy dawn with delicate translucent pink flowers. The petals are light, wavy with pronounced venation and openwork, like lace, a frill along the edge.

Variety - Muffin (Golden Muffin)

The flower is always beautiful and sunny with golden and wavy upper petals and velvet lower ones. Along the central vein of the lower petals is a reddish-bronze light path with maroon stripes.

Variety - Wine and roses (Wine and roses)

Harmony of beauty and grace. Above the wavy wine-red lower petals bordered by a soft lilac frill, a magical dance of light wavy orchid-pink upper petals with a delicate pattern of veins of the color of cherry buds, illuminated by the warm rays of a golden coral beard.

Variety - Pretty pink (Pretty pink)

The flower is airy and light like a statue, all in lace and ruffles. The petals seem to be made of printed silk, textured with a pronounced light crimson veining and a corrugated edge.

Variety - Cherry garden (Cherry garden)

Very expressive dwarf variety. The petals are a rich dark cherry color with a deep purple hue and a beard glowing with sapphire rays.

Variety - Autumn fiesta (Fall fiesta)

A very attractive cultivar with creamy white wavy upper petals that blend harmoniously with pastel terracotta honey hues. Irises exude a pleasant delicate aroma of lily of the valley.

Variety - Windsor Rose (Windsor Rose)

Crystal pink petals with a graceful wavy frill around the edge delight with their beauty, give tenderness, envelop with delicate aromas of spring and blooming summer.

Variety - Brown Lasso (Brown Lasso)

Beautiful and expressive flowers with golden, like the sun, upper petals against the background of corrugated lavender lower petals with a wide light brown border. The beard is silky, fluffy, egg-yellow, like a chicken.

Variety - Attention! (Attention please)

Stop sign, impossible to pass by! Delicious beautiful flower bright dark cherry shades, contrasting with the golden yellow background of the lower petals and the orange-yellow beard.

Variety - Flamengo (Flamemco)

The contrast of color resembles a storm of passions and emotions of the upper petals with illumination of the white-hot golden sheen of the lower petals with a wide corrugated border of dense red-terracotta speckling.

Variety - Sapphire dawn (Sapphire dawn)

A flower with the charm of the blue southern sky before dawn. The petals are strongly wavy with a ruffled frill, at the base of the lower petals. lunar path with a fluffy pale blue beard in the center.

Variety - Black dragon (Black dragon)

An exclusive single color variety with velvety blueberry black purple tint flowers and a black and purple beard.

2. Before you varieties of xiphoid irises. This variety of irises begins to bloom later than the bearded iris, prolonging and repeating this beautiful moment. The flowers are very large, open, long-lived:

Variety - Pink Ice

Very delicate charming flowers with wavy and light chiffon petals of touching shades of pink flamingo and warm, like a fragile hope for a thaw, sunbeams in the center.

Variety - Exciting (Moonlight waves)

Irises with the color of the radiant whiteness of lunar silence. Magnificent, very large flowers with open pearl-white wavy lower petals and small upper petals, shining at the base with light golden highlights.

Variety - Graceful

An elegant, graceful and impeccable variety - an aristocrat with airy-light white flowers, like a cloud, painted on the edge of the petals with bluish-purple shading.

Variety - Scallops (Cascade crest)

A flower with luminous purple sparkles and stripes with a contrasting lemon-yellow radiant spot in the center of the petals.

3. Louisiana Irises:

Variety - Rhett

Very strong magical temperament of purple-red shades of ripe cherry color with a piercing, like an arrow of cupid, a dark purple beam in the middle of the lower petals.

4. Siberian irises. Noted as unpretentious and long-lived:

Variety - Snow Queen

Always spectacular and inimitable in its splendor, with wavy snow-white petals, illuminated by golden sunlight at the base.

Sort - Dance, ballerina, dance (Dance ballerina dance)

This is one of the most popular varieties. Lavender pink, graceful, airy and light, like a ballerina's dance.

Variety - Explosive character (Temper tatum)

It appears as a temperamental fusion of the energy of red, blue and violet. The flowers are "velvet" with an amazing play of red-purple and blue-lilac shades.

Sort - Lady Vanessa

Irises show the power of magic of these delightful flowers in harmony of magnificent lilac-lavender-purple hues, juicy and expressively saturated, on wavy, slightly corrugated lower petals with a white speck at the base, and light, touchingly tender upper petals on thin silk.

5. Japanese Irises:

Variety - Smile (Laughing)

Irises with graceful and very expressive cheerful lemon-yellow sparks of laughter at the base of bright purple petals.

Variety - Cayun Capers

Delicate and charming Louisiana iris, the closest relative of the Siberian iris. The flowers are open, with a golden-yellow radiant center and orchid-pink wavy petals, skillfully painted with thin purple threads of well-defined venation.

Sort - Charming frills

Amazingly good! Refined and irresistible. Flowers with a magnificent wavy amethyst-bluish border around the edge of snow-white petals and a radiant golden-olive center.

Japanese irises are early flowering and late flowering. Choose varieties correctly to prolong flowering on the site.

Feel free to decorate the landscape design of your garden plot and irises will answer you with their magnificence and tenderness.

Unpretentious, but spectacular irises have long been loved by gardeners. They look luxurious in the flower beds, beautiful flower beds. These perennial rhizomatous plants are famous for their endless variety of shapes, color palette. If you are attracted to irises, the varieties with photos and names that are presented in the article will help you choose the most beautiful and original look flower culture.

More than 4000 varieties of irises are known

The classification of irises is simply impressive, moreover, there are currently more than 4,000 varieties. They often have different shapes, colors and sizes. Every year, breeders discover new varieties, thereby replenishing the rich collections of world breeding. Many of them are selected for exhibitions.

The most common types include the following groups, namely:

• bearded and beardless irises;
• bulbous;
• interspecific and specific hybrids;
• xifiums.

The above groups are conditionally divided into a number of groups, among which the most popular are standard dwarfs, bearded curbs, Siberian, Japanese, Californian, standard high irises and other types of plants.

In the photo bearded iris Bebeling Brook

To choose suitable variety irises, we recommend that you see photos of the most beautiful and aesthetically attractive flowers. You will meet some of them in the article. Experienced florists recommend giving preference to those species that are suitable for growing in a particular region, taking into account the climate.

Varieties of bearded irises, photo with names

bearded iris Bebeling Brook- this luxury flower with original shape. Its height is approximately 80 cm. The flowering period falls around June. The plant is best planted in a site protected from the wind, prefers light soils. The color of the petals is pale blue. Looks perfect when planting in a group.

In the photo bearded iris Arkady Raikin

Arkady Raikin, the photo of which is in the article belongs to the group of tall irises. The flowering period of this masterpiece is medium. Its reddish-pink color is combined with a contrasting orange border. The aroma of iris is pronounced.

Photograph of a Bearded Iris Sambuca

bearded iris Sambucaflaunts on a branched and fairly strong peduncle. The flowering period usually falls in July. Plant height - 75 cm. The shade of the petal has a dark purple color. As for reproduction, it can be obtained by seed or vegetatively.

On the picture bearded iris Elbrus Diamond

Elbrus Diamond is a large bearded iris with an orange-red beard. It belongs to the group of tall plants of this species. Differs in strong aroma, average terms of maturing and resistance to diseases.

In the photo bearded iris Sapphire dawn

sapphire dawn- Another popular variety of irises. The play of its rich blue shades will please even the most demanding florist. In this variety, the petals are wavy and somewhat corrugated, in the center there is a fluffy-delicate beard.

Pictured bearded iris Burgomaster

bearded iris Burgomaster- one of the best representatives of its class. Its bush is quite dense, and it has a mass of graceful petals with a corrugated edge. They are purple in color with orange inserts in the center. The aroma of Burgomaster is light, the size of the flower is medium, as seen in the photo.

There are many other varieties of bearded irises, with photos, names and descriptions can be found on the Internet. These include the following types: Blue Staccato, Guards, Starfall, Sultan Palace, Wabash, Pregender, Summer Night, Canada Gold and other varieties of irises.

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Delicate and bright irises, varieties with photos and names are a popular topic for discussion between gardeners and owners. The demand for these flowers is not only due to their decorative purpose. They are also known for their medicinal properties. Even jam is prepared from the petals of these plantations. We suggest you plant at least one of the varieties of iris on your site.

Like everything is fleeting in springtime: tulips did not have time to bloom, as dwarf irises flared up and went out. They were replaced by tall bearded handsome irises, one of the main advantages of which is the abundance of varieties of various colors.

Currently, the world assortment of bearded irises has 35 thousand varieties. The Garden's iris collection consists of more than 350 varieties. Most of them are presented in the Upper Park exposition, which was founded in 2005.

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It is known that according to color, irises are divided into 4 main groups.

Groups of bearded irises (by color)

• Single color (self)- the upper and lower lobes of the perianth are colored the same: white, blue, blue, purple, lilac, pink, yellow, brown, red, almost black.

Single color yellow iris cultivar" Temple Gold" , a photo

• Two-tone (bit t one)- the upper and lower lobes of the perianth are painted in different shades of the same color.

Two-tone iris variety" Brazilian Holiday" , a photo

• If the variety has the upper lobes of lilac color, and the lower ones are purple, or the standards are light blue, and the falls are darker, then such varieties are called neglekta(neglecta).

Iris neglekta variety" Romantic Evening" , a photo

• Two-color (bicolor)- upper and lower lobes of different colors (they will be discussed in detail in the next material).

Bicolor iris cultivar" Aura Light" , a photo But today we will have an equally pleasant pastime: we are going to the iris carnival to appreciate the beauty of exquisite single-color varieties.

white irises

They are not yet frequent guests of our flower gardens, but their popularity is growing like a snowball, so it will not take much time to conquer the hearts of summer residents.

Iris variety" Mesmerizer" , a photo A bright red or tangerine beard on the lower white perianth lobes, like the variety "Nordica", is a spectacular contrast and a kind of "brooch" of the flower.

Iris variety" nordica" , a photo In the "Frosting" variety, the beard does not stand out (in tone); the peculiar charm of this white iris lies in the waviness of the petals.

Iris variety " Frosting" , a photo White irises harmonize well with all other plants that bloom on the southern coast of Crimea in May, softening the most harsh tones and muting the intense ones. They are able to refresh the darkest plant compositions, becoming their accents.

blue irises

They are no less interesting than white ones.

Iris variety" Superman" , a photo Despite the massive xiphoid leaves, they create a feeling of lightness and transparency.

Iris variety" Lake Placid" , a photo Blue irises will look great in combination with varieties of warm colors.

Iris variety" Cloud Ballet" , a photo Even lighter irises, like the variety "Divine Duchess", will require a contrasting combination.

Iris variety" Divine Duchess" , a photo Harmony in contrast will provide them with blue, purple and almost black varieties.

blue irises

Perhaps they are the coldest.

Iris variety" Honky Tonk Blues" , a photo Blue irises are endowed with the ability to create optical illusions: they can visually push the boundaries of the flower garden.

Iris variety" Dusky Challenger" , a photo They go well with yellow, white, apricot, orange varieties.

Iris variety" Breakers" , a photo Such a contrast is rather interesting not in itself, but as a method of expressiveness of the blue color.

Iris variety" Jean Hoffmeister" , a photo This combination of irises can be used not only in your country iridarium, but also with other plants.

purple irises

If we compare them with blue varieties, then they, thanks to the red, which is part of purple, less cold.

Iris variety" Sulty Mood" , a photo Plantings of purple irises visually move away, which deepens the spatial perspective in the background.

Iris variety" Cupid Father" , a photo
Purple irises go well with varieties of a wide variety of light shades of warm tones.

Iris variety" soul music" , a photo But it’s not worth arranging volumetric plantings of exclusively purple irises in summer cottages.

Iris variety" Trevi Fountain" , a photo The fact is that they suppress their heaviness.

Lilac, lilac-pink irises

These varieties, unlike purple, are lighter and more transparent.

Iris variety" Skip Along" , a photo As a rule, such irises in mixborders need the support of warm colors.

Iris variety" Brazen Beauty" , a photo In romantic gardens, they look beautiful with white irises.

Iris variety" Mriya" , a photo A win-win option is to support them with purple monochromatic and two-color varieties.

Red, red-brown irises

Incredibly beautiful species! They leave no one indifferent.

Iris variety" Spanish Leather" , a photo I talked about many red irises that were previously presented at the annual May carnivals of the Garden in an article.

Iris variety" Play with Fire" , a photo This year, too, many visitors to the exhibition especially admire them.

Iris variety" New Centurion" , a photo Unlike red roses, they are more unusual.

pink irises

Very delicate varieties, as if specially created for romantic spring flower beds.

Iris variety" Svitanok" , a photo Undoubtedly, in terms of luminosity pink irises weaker than red.

Iris variety" Fragrant Lilac" , a photo Therefore, pink irises are perceived more gently.

Iris variety" Pink Sleigh" , a photo

Landscape designers consider pink irises to be more neutral in space than red ones.