whats the difference between a siberian and spuria iris .

my mom has a patch , well she gave me 1/4 of hers . any way . ive been going around thinking it was a spuria . it is about 4 ft or less and blue small flowers . the foliage looks like ornamental grass. i havnt seen a pic of spuria foliage . i need help . i was looking at siberian irises today and the foliage looks kinda the same , but the flowers look bigger . does any one have spuria pics

Here's a good place for spuria pictures.

http://www.spuriairis.com/index.htm

If the foliage looks ornamental grass like, it is probably a siberian. Spurias mostly have wider leaves. The spuria leaves are held rigidly erect, where the siberians are a little more relaxed, especially at the tip. Both can get around 4 feet tall. The siberians are earlier bloomers than the spurias, which are about the last of the irises to bloom, even after the japanese iris. I would think in Kentucky siberians are more common than spuria.

You don't by any chance have pictures to post?

I have Spuria pics. BEV Pollyk is right in every way.

HERE WITH THE LEAVES.

Aren't the Louisiana Iris the last to bloom? Mine are still blooming today. this Black Gamecock.

hi mittsy . i have that one too . it hasnt bloomed for me yet this year . it was too shaded . i moved it and its doing great but no blooms .

Love that LA, Mittsy.

Nope, the spurias are the last to bloom. Normal bloom here for the LAs is just before the JIs. Yours might be reblooming, might be new, or I don't know what, but they normally bloom much earlier.

Well, they are pretty long lasting, I think they've been blooming for a month.

Wow, you can't beat that!