Plants of the Iris Family
Wallis Creek Watergarden
The iris family includes some of the most decorative of flowering plants. Some like shade, others sun.
There are iris family plants for the normal garden bed, for moist, boggy positions and for the water.
What they all have in common is the glorious display they produce in their season.
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Botanic name |
Common name |
Plant type |
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Cypella aquatilis |
Water cypella |
bulbous bog plant |
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Iris japonica |
Woodland iris |
Woodland plant |
|
ris japonica 'Variegata' |
variegated woodland iris |
Woodland plant |
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Iris ensata / Iris kaemphferi |
Japanese water iris |
Seasonal water plant |
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Iris laevigata 'Variegata' |
Laevigata iris |
water iris |
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Iris siberica |
Siberian iris |
season water plant |
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Lousiana Iris hybrids and species |
Louisiana iris |
evergreen water plant |
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Neomarica gracilis |
' walking iris' |
woodland plant |
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Pseudacorus |
plain yellow flag |
Water Iris |
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Pseudacorus 'Roy Davidson' |
yellow flag |
yellow with brown tones, Water Iris |
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Pseudacorus 'Holden Clough' |
yellow flag |
chocolate tones, Water Iris |
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Pseudacorus 'Dragonfly Dance' |
yellow flag |
pale citrus yellow, Water Iris |
For some of these groups there is just one type or colour for others like the Japanese iris we have five or so and for the Louisiana iris there are about twenty colours and many shapes and blooming times.
'Cherry Twist' (Louisiana Iris), Japanese Iris and, 'Jeri' (Louisiana Iris)
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