Help IDing 3 irises

14 years ago

Dear fellow gardeners,

this spring and summer I've fell in love with irises and have planted 4 new varieties in my family garden. 3 different irises have however already been growing around the house for the past 10 years (the purple and white ones maybe even since the previous owners - 30 years ago) and I would need some help figuring out what they are.

First our garden is full of these:

Sorry if the colors are a bit off, I took these pictures a few years ago. These are very drought tolerant which fits my region near the Adriatic coast (currently 2 months no rain with daily temperature above 30Ã¯Â¿Â½C). I've never transplanted them, and almost every house in my village has these. I have always thought of them just as wild flowers since we never took care of them. Currently I've been wondering if they are maybe Dalmatian iris (Iris pallida) or maybe just Iris germanica?

Next is this one:

This one is a bit lower than the previous one and doesn't make such big clumps. Could it be Iris albicans?

And last:

This one my mum bought at a nursery but she never bothered to write down it's name, it's tall, stable with good branching habit. I cross-bred this one with a very dark purple iris my neighbour gave me, can't wait to get the seeds germinating in winter.

Thanks in advance for any help or responses.

Ivan

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Comments (8)

aquawise
14 years ago
#1 could be Valor
#2 could be Florentina
#3 ?
sherry Austin
14 years ago
I have a similar iris to your last one.. Look up 'Crinoline'.
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hosenemesis
14 years ago
I would like to move into your house.
Renee
hosenemesis
14 years ago
I forgot- your irises are pretty too. Your house is so pretty I forgot about them.
Renee
jeanrichter
14 years ago
I. germanica is a good guess for #1, but there are lots of old iris in this general color scheme. It's definitely not I. pallida or Valor. I would guess #2 is I. albicans - does it bloom very early? It's probably not Florentina. No clue on #3, sorry.
Ivan21
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks for all the answers so far.

I think Crinoline is correct for #3, thanks.

I guess it's the stone walls and window bars that do the trick. Some people reckon our house is a prison because of them. Well thanks for the compliment Renee.

I asked a bit more and it seems the purple ones have been growing here for 70 years maybe, the white ones probably too. The #2 does bloom a week earlier than the rest.
aquawise
14 years ago
#1 could also be "Seadeep 1937"
jeanrichter
14 years ago
#1 is definitely not Seadeep, which has rust-colored haft marks.