Tall Bearded Iris 'Nibelungen'

Not perhaps the prettiness of Iris as I find it slightly out of proportion having a small flower relative to a long stem (looks rather li...Read Moreke a flag Iris to me )but is so reliable .It bloomed the first year from a poor quality rhizome(I won't be using that breeder again!) and now ,in rich soil with bone meal added has bloomed and multiplied in the second.

Apparently it was hybridised by Goos and Koenemann in 1910.

I inherited this iris with a house we bought. I've been in love with it ever since. Blossoms are between Miniature Tall Bearded and Tal...Read Morel Bearded, very prolific and willowy. Makes a nice show with many buds and continual bloom. Beautiful old-fashioned German iris. Well behaved