Iris 'George'
Iridaceae
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Habitat:
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dry shade
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Flowering:
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late winter
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Size:
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8
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10
(w x h cm) |
Soil:
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good garden soil
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Iris `George`
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Price
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£4.00
(5 bulbs)
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Order code:
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IHG-5B
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These are dwarf, bulbous irises, flowering in late winter and bringing most welcome early colour to the garden. The flowers are relatively large, barely twice their own height above the soil, but are followed by much taller, slender leaves.
Iris 'George' is a hybrid of Iris histrioides var. major and Iris reticulata 'J.S. Dijt'. It has flowers that are large even by the standards of the reticulata group, rich plummy purple, even darker on the falls, which are marked with yellow and white. If you are prepa
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