Iris humilis

£5.50

Aspect:: Full Sun
Soil Type:: Well-Drained
Colour:: Yellow

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Plant Overview

A rarely offered Iris from Russia. Short at only 10cm, and preferring Well-Drained to dry soil, it's ideal for a container or rockery. Bright yellow flowers in spring.

Native to Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Russia but is currently on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as there are declines everywhere as evidenced in the species being marked as threatened in several national red list.

Height: 10cm

Iris: Named after the goddess of the rainbow, probably because of the variety of brilliant flower colours. Irises were traditionally a symbol of power and much used in heraldry, being the symbol of the kings of France. They had a variety of medicinal uses, and Iris root was important in perfumery. Irises grow in a variety of habitats, some in baking hot sun and others in water.

Image: HermannSchachner [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

All our plants are supplied in 9cm pots unless otherwise specified. Plants in this size pot establish quickly in the garden and often outpace plants in bigger pots planted at the same time. Our potted plants can be planted immediately, unless otherwise noted, or you can leave them in their pots until you are ready to plant.

The majority of our plants are grown outdoors. This means that they follow their natural growth patterns and are ready to plant at any time of the year. If you order the plants in winter, they are likely to be dormant and died back to ground level, ready to shoot again in spring - just like the herbaceous perennials in your own garden. Very occasionally, in winter and early spring, we may indicate on the packing slip that a plant needs to be hardened off before planting out. This will be because it has just come out of a polytunnel. If you have any questions about our plants or growing methods, please feel free to drop us an email.

We grow most of what we sell ourselves, in our nursery in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our prices include VAT at 20%.

Please note: We do our best to provide acurate photographs of the plants we sell, but colours display differently on different screens, printers and in different light and we cannot guarantee that what you are seeing on your screen, or on the plant label provided, will exactly match the plant when it flowers in your garden. Plant dimensions are given as a guide only and the actual sizes reached may vary from garden to garden, depending on local conditions.

Iris humilis

Plant Overview

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