Compact cultivar with dusty lavender and golden yellow petals with strong purple veining and healthy foliage in the summer.
Siberian Irises bloom after Tall Bearded Irises and before Japanese Irises.
Blooming Time: midseason bloomer – late spring/early summer (depending to your zone)Size: 18-20″ tall and 18-24′ wide USDA Zones: 3 to 8Culture: sun, half shade, average soil with some organic matter, clay, moist. Likes moisture, but grows well in sois with average moisture (and no irrigation). Established plants also tolerate somedrougths! Prefers neutral to slightly acidic soil.Moisture Needs: average to moderately moist to moistOrigin: Iris sibirica is native to Europe and Asia, well behaved perennial here in USA.Black Walnut Tolerant: yesDeer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yesAttracts Butterflies or Pollinators: some bees and butterfliesAttracts Hummingbirds: noPot Size: square 3.5″ x 4″ deep perennial potPlant combinations: Flower beds, rain gardens, cut flower gardens, cottage gardens, close to water bodies. Iris sibirica does like a bit of moisture, but does really well in soil with average moisture too. Can be combined with many plants like Boltonia, Chelone, Eupatorium, Hibiscus (moscheutos, laevis, etc. and hybrids), Lobelia, Ligularia, Eupatorium, Physostegia, Primula japonica, Rodgersia, and other moisture-loving perennials. It can also be grown in a moderately moist flower bed, combined with Amsonia, Baptisia, Euphorbia palustirs, Euphorbia griffithii, some hardy Geraniums, Geum, Hemerocallis, Monarda, Phlox paniculata, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Rudbeckia, Spigelia, Sanguisorba, Veronicastrum, most of Vernonia or grasses like Carex (sedges), Hakonechloa, Molinia, Panicum.
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