German Bearded Iris

Perfect for sunny gardens is the Iris, a hardy perennial with dramatic form. They reward you year after year with their lovely rainbow of colors. Browse the beautiful 2006 Collection of varieties now at McDonald Garden Center. Don’t miss the re-blooming varieties to enhance your reward!

Before the Storm This child of the cross, Superstition X Raven's Roost, is widely heralded as one of the darkest of the darks. Before the Storm's moderately sized flowers are smoothly tailored with extremely flaring falls. This dark beauty is gifted with a slight fragrance and excellent growth habits.
Charleston: A snappy color contrast and laced and ruffled form give this tall dark purple plicata a spirited personality. Our photo illustrates the excellent contrast of dark purple plicata markings over the clean white petals. Charleston
Chaising Rainbows Chasing Rainbows: Billowing ruffles add a sense of extravagance to this luscious bicolor. Its arched apricot-pink standards are infused with orchid at the midrib. Its wide falls are an inviting orchid-violet. One truly great Iris from the late master hybridizer, Ben R. Hager.
Harvest of Memories: This fine bright yellow self is best known for its dependable rebloom. Note the arched standards and flaring falls totally permeated in bright yellow. Its slight sweet fragrance will draw you closer in the garden. Harvest of Memories
Immortality Immortality is a medium-sized formally shaped pure white self with light lemon yellow beards. Although it produces rather short stems with close branching, Immortality is perhaps best known as THE reblooming wonder. Its plant vigor is superb flaunting two to three stems per clump at regular bloom time and then reblooming in the late summer.
What a delectable vision in rich rose-pink tones! See how the bright tangerine beards add an exclamation point to this colorful presentation. Light ruffles and lace grace the well-formed pink petals. As its most valuable attribute, Jennifer Rebecca is a dependable late summer rebloomer. Jennifer Becca
Mariposa Skies This very popular blue amoena is a child of old favorite Glistening Icicle. Mariposa Skies' large flowers have very pale blue standards flushed with deep blue-violet at the midribs. Its medium blue-violet falls lighten at their margins, highlighted by gentle ruffling. See this rebloomer with a deliciously sweet odor.
Megabucks hits the jackpot with an outstanding blend of colors. It daringly combines vibrant fuchsia at the centers of the falls, a 1/4 inch rim of butterscotch and bright golden standards in one flower. Besides its striking combination of colors, Megabucks produces well-branched stems with 8-9 double-socketed buds. Mega Bucks
Pallida Variegata Pallida Variegata:  A change of pace with the accent on striking foliage! This is the golden variegated form of the original species Iris pallida. Note that the flower form is not modern, but it is charming in its own right.
An advancement in the development of red Iris, Play with Fire combines outstanding height, exquisite ruffling and sparkling color. Three to four branches with 9 to 10 buds (some triple-socketed). Play With Fire
Savannah Sunset The glowing cadmium orange hue of this self shines like a flaming sunset on the Serengeti plains. Our Savannah Sunset easily has the most intense orange saturation of any Iris we list. In addition, it does not fade even on a 90-degree day. Bloom habit is also superior. Tall 38" stems have 8-10 double and triple-socketed buds that produce three full weeks of bloom. A "must" for both the debutante and connoisseur collector.
Skywalker combines the breeding of Dykes Medalist Honky Tonk Blues with Altruist resulting in this billowing dazzler. Note how the creamy white shades uniquely blend, streak and wash the heavily ruffled azure blue petals. Skywalker has great vigor and excellent bloom habits. Sky Walker
Speeding Again Speeding Again shares its striking coloration with both of its parents (Stellar Lights X Speed Limit). See how the dark blue-violet color of the large flowers is dramatically punctuated with a white zonal pattern at the center of the ruffled falls. Great vigor and a delightfully sweet fragrance add to its garden value.


Plant a rainbow in your sunny garden and see how easy it is to have the rewards of Iris.

Iris Planting tips:
Plant the rhizomes so the roots are spread downward while the leaf fan is aimed in the direction you want them to grow. Plant just below the soil line surface for our area. Water newly planted Iris deeply rather than frequent shallow waterings. Planting In fall gives Iris time to become well established before the growing season ends. Fertilize re-bloomer types again after their spring flowering show to insure the best second flush of flowers.

 

 

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