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SOUTHERN BLUE FLAG IRIS, GREAT VIRGINIA IRIS
Iris virginica
SKU: 1930-008
Description
Iris virginica, with the common name Southern Blue Flag Iris, Great Blue Flag, Virginia blue flag, Virginia iris, is native to central and eastern North America. It grows up to 0.6–0.9 m (2–3 ft) tall. The flowers, which bloom May to July, are blue to blue-violet and are a standard iris shape. Each flower has 3 drooping sepals, called "falls", that have white marks and yellow near the throat, and 3 upright petals, called "standards". Flowers measure 3–13 cm (1–5 in) across.
Iris virginica is native in the United States from Nebraska to the west, Florida and Texas to the south, New York to the east, and the Canadian border to the north. In Canada, it is native in Ontario and Quebec. It grows in wet areas, sometimes in shallow water, including marshes, wet meadows, swamps, river bottoms, sloughs, ditches, bottomland prairies, edges of sinkhole ponds, and in shallow water.
Type: Hardy perennial
Hardiness zones: 5-9
Note: Ornamental use only. These seeds and/or plants are poisonous.
Seeds per pack: 8
Germination: Start these seeds right away to preserve viability, no matter the time of year. Soak the seeds for 24 hours before sowing. Sow the seeds just under the surface of a sterile seed-start mix, and water in. Then cover them with plastic and place in a fridge for 60-90 days. Be sure they stay very moist. After the cold-moist stratification period they are then brought back to room temperature (20-22 °C, 68-72 °F) for them to germinate. Germination is generally 30-120 days after the warming period.
Description
Iris virginica, with the common name Southern Blue Flag Iris, Great Blue Flag, Virginia blue flag, Virginia iris, is native to central and eastern North America. It grows up to 0.6–0.9 m (2–3 ft) tall. The flowers, which bloom May to July, are blue to blue-violet and are a standard iris shape. Each flower has 3 drooping sepals, called "falls", that have white marks and yellow near the throat, and 3 upright petals, called "standards". Flowers measure 3–13 cm (1–5 in) across.
Iris virginica is native in the United States from Nebraska to the west, Florida and Texas to the south, New York to the east, and the Canadian border to the north. In Canada, it is native in Ontario and Quebec. It grows in wet areas, sometimes in shallow water, including marshes, wet meadows, swamps, river bottoms, sloughs, ditches, bottomland prairies, edges of sinkhole ponds, and in shallow water.
Type: Hardy perennial
Hardiness zones: 5-9
Note: Ornamental use only. These seeds and/or plants are poisonous.
Seeds per pack: 8
Germination: Start these seeds right away to preserve viability, no matter the time of year. Soak the seeds for 24 hours before sowing. Sow the seeds just under the surface of a sterile seed-start mix, and water in. Then cover them with plastic and place in a fridge for 60-90 days. Be sure they stay very moist. After the cold-moist stratification period they are then brought back to room temperature (20-22 °C, 68-72 °F) for them to germinate. Germination is generally 30-120 days after the warming period.
