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Iris 'Amber Beauty'

Iridaceae
 

Habitat: open, sunny places

 

Soil: well drained

 

Height: 60 cm

 

Flowering: late spring to summer

 

Width: 15 cm

           


           

The so-called 'Dutch' irises provide bright colour in late spring or early summer. Each strong, upright stem produces a short succession of flowers, with a good range of colour from the available varieties.

Iris 'Amber Beauty' has flowers that are basically yellow, but suffused with other colours.
3 bulbs £6.00

invisible.gif Iris 'Cream Beauty' looks cream from a distance, but really the flowers are white, with strong yellow colouring, notably in a central stripe along the falls.
iris_frans_hals.jpg Iris 'Frans Hals' has pale violet flowers with much darker purple falls, the two colours making an interesting contrasts.
invisible.gif Iris 'Gipsy Beauty' is a striking plant, with the flowers a strong purple colour contrasting with the orange-yellow falls, streaked with purple.
iris_oriental_beauty.jpg Iris 'Oriental Beauty' has flowers with a fantastic contrast between the greenish yellow falls and the blue-purple of the standards.Always very popular.
invisible.gif Iris 'Sky Beauty' hs flowers that are sky blue, with a just a hint of purple, rather paler in the standards than the falls, and with a large, round, yellow 'sun' shining from each fall. It is really the flower to remind you of glorious summer days.
invisible.gif Iris 'Tigereye' is dramatic and unusual, with its dark purple flowers heavily streaked with bronze, and a yellow blotch. It makes a great contrast with other Dutch irises.