Iris bulleyana
Iridaceae
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Habitat:
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damp meadows, sunny
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Flowering:
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summer
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Size:
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30
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60
(w x h cm) |
Soil:
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with plenty of humus
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Iris bulleyana
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Price
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£7.00
(2 litre pot)
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Order code:
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IBA-2
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A Chinese iris in the Chrysographes subseries, usually dying down completely during the winter, reappearing to form a larger clump each year. The flowers are mid purple, with darker purple veins on the standards and on the falls, which have a light yellow zone.
Iris bulleyana is the normal, purple-flowered form, propagated from a recent introduction.
Other related plants:
Seedlings from plants believed to have black flowers.
Very dark purple flowers, in some plants almost black.
Seedlings from two black-flowered plants; black or very dark purple.
Dark-veined mid purple flowers with a yellow zone on the falls.