Species Iris, Wild Bearded Iris

Central Phoenix -- I grow what I believe is the "true species" of Iris germanica -- a smallish purple flower with yellow beard. However,...Read More the provenance of my original is lost in the mist of time. I grow it among succulents and it survives and thrives on amazingly little water and in strong afternoon sun. This shouldn't surprise me because you commonly see still-thriving iris beds at old homesteads in Arizona that have been deserted for 50 to 100 years.

The trade list continues to be a catch all for unidentified iris, but there are true germanica's available from gardeners and from commer...Read Morecial growers.

I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!! Is not possible that this plant, extremely common in gardenery, was not present in DG until I added this fi...Read Morele... Only a cv. of Irid germanica is present but not the "normal" one that is with big difference the most cultivated of all Iris of any kind (species or hybrids).