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A really tall perennial, hardy to zone 3. LOW MAINTENANCE. Of Erect habit, colonizing mainly by slowly creeping rootstocks. Slow-growing and of long lifespan. Height: to 6-8', and 3' wide. Native to the Caucasus. Large, robust plant forming open clumps with stems at roughly 6" intervals or more. Slow starting in spring - may not send up shoots until mid-June (and what shoots they are!). Recommended site: sun. Soil: good, reliably moist but not wet. Open, sparse foliage, very coarse. Aromatic. Good-sized unscented flowers are borne in daisy-like heads in late summer. Flower colour: golden yellow. Black/purple stems. Flowers are shaggy-ray daisies in small open panicles. Some uses: Borders and Beds, in Shrubbery, Specimens, Cut Flowers, Naturalizing Meadows.
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synonyms Iris ensata... Common names: Japanese Iris; Sword-Leaved Iris; Kaempferi Iris; Clematis Flowered Iris. A mid-height to tall perennial, hardy to zone 5 or colder. Low Maintenance in a proper site. Of Tufted habit, colonizing mainly by slowly creeping rootstocks. Height: to 3', and 1½' wide. Originally bred in Japan. Seedlings with an unknown but presumably good pedigree; most flowered in 2004, in colours ranging from blue and white to some good shades of pink; some bi-colour. In a personal foible, I use "Iris kaempferi" in referring to the large-flowered plants which have been selectively bred over the centuries, and "Iris ensata" to refer to the smaller-flowered species plants. This is no doubt rather wrong of me (current form is to call them all Iris ensata) but there you go! Recommended site: sun to part shade. Soil: rich acidic, largely organic, reliably moist but well-drained. In our climate probably does not tolerate standing water in winter. If summer flooding, maximum water depth 6". Foliage of fine texture. Flowers are borne in short spikes in late spring. and may be shades of white to blues and violets and into the red spectrum. Flowers have very large falls, small standards. By far the latest of my irises to bloom. I may have a few seedlings of my self-pollinated pure white somewhere for those interested, but I've forgotten where and how many and everything is under feet of snow as I write this. Some uses: Borders and Beds, Mass Planting, Waterside, Cut Flowers, Naturalizing.
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... Common names: Flag; Flag Iris; Yellow Flag (Iris); Yellow Iris. A tall perennial, hardy to USDA Zone 3 or colder. Of Tufted habit, colonizing mainly by slowly creeping rootstocks. Slow-growing and of long lifespan. Height: to 3-6ft. Native from most of Europe to W Siberia, the Caucasus, Iran, Syria and N Africa. Widely naturalized in N Am; in NS, well-naturalized near Yarmouth; scattered garden escapes elsewhere. Recommended site: sun. Soil: normal. Naturally occuring in wet fields & marshes & by rivers & lakes. Shortest in dry soils, best in wet. Quite adaptive. Will grow in wet clay if the cold-season water level is 2in deep, but at 6in deep it declines. Has done wonderfully in a 12in pot in my upper pond (year-round immersion) but a much larger pot is recommended because the roots growing out the bottom keep de-stabilizing the thing! In dryish soils will still grow and eventually bloom but will be much shorter (2ft or less) and slower growing. Usually evergreen here; new growth starts in fall about the time the old growth collapses. Large flowers are borne on a short Spike for a few weeks in late spring. Flower colour: yellow. Brown/violet veining. Beardless. Some uses: Borders and Beds, Mass Planting, Boggy areas, Ponds or Water Gardens, Waterside, Decorative Seed Pods, Naturalizing.
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