Iris germanica Cimmaron Strip

The 'Impressionist' Iris Germanica is a bi-tone bearded Iris in warm colours. It has salmon pink petals and raspberry sepals adorned with orange beards. Its flowers are fragrant. It is a vigorous variety.

Everyone knows Iris Germanica, which has become world-famous thanks to the paintings of Van Gogh and Monet. Its popularity is due to its unique formation.

Its wide, rigid, sword-shaped leaves contrast with ruffled, multicoloured flowers perched up high. The flowers have the particularity of forming three large erect 'standard' petals and three silky and trailing sepals or 'falls', at the top of which sit a fuzzy "beard". The flowering lasts a few weeks in May/June. Irises have large fleshy rhizomes that spread along the ground. They like light, warmth, and light and well-drained soils. Not afraid of cold or summer drought, their main enemy is moisture, especially in heavy soils. They are superb in a sunny flowerbed and highly appreciated for cut flower arrangements.

Very robust, it should be exposed to full sun in relatively dry and well-drained soil.

Place your Impressionist Iris in or at the edge of a flowerbed alongside yarrows, alliums, stipas, or roses. It is preferable to plant them in groups of 3 or on their own rather than creating uniform clumps of irises.