What is English Iris?
The English iris is a permanent garden flower. Like other Iris family members, it is a beautiful accessory to floral pisses or borders. Cirise are originally from northern mild zones, but can be grown in various climate with proper care.
Despite its name, the English iris is in fact originally from the Pyrenees in Spain and France. Flowers were received by English Iris Misnator from Dutch growers who first received plants from British traders, assuming that they were of English origin. It is usually scientifically classified as iris latifolia , but Iris xiphioides and iris English is sometimes used to refer to the same species.
English is a cover, or one that grows from the root system. These plants are originally for climate of dryers than rhizomatous irises. The irises are permanently in a colder climate, but in the spring it will re -peel off the roots. Have long stems with a single stem on a floweru. The leaves are usually long, narrow and blue.
Most English irises produce one or two flowers per plant and flower for several weeks in the spring. The color of the flowers can be many shades of blue and purple and sometimes white. Cirise has three internal petals and three outer petals. In gardening terminology, internal petals are sometimes called standards and outer petals are called Falls .
iris' falls are technically in fact sepals rather than petals. Sepals are part of a plant that protects flower buds before blooming. In most flowers they are green and lie under the petals after flowering flowering, but in the iris are a seaplysty color such as petals and part of the flower.
The English iris is durable up to 0 ° F (-17.7 ° C) and can survive even colder temperatures if it is well mulch. Flowers needfull sun or shade of parts and require frequent watering so that the soil does not dry. They prefer soils that have a pH in the range of slightly acidic to slightly alkaline.
In some parts of North America, the larva may be known as Iris borer for these plants by a serious pest. This is generally a problem only in northern areas, such as problems between and north of Iowa to Washington, D.C. Iris Borers are rarely a problem where winter temperatures rarely or never fall below 10 ° F (-12.2 ° C).