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Bearded Iris (Sixtine C?)

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By Siris


Bearded Iris (Sixtine C?) (Iris germanica (Orris))

A tall bearded Iris I bought as 'Warbash' about 15 years ago, which it is not. After investigating I believe this to be Sixtine C. Very tall, one of my favourites.



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Beautiful...., you've got me loving iris more and more Siris, I even found myself looking at them on ebay earlier!

17 May, 2015

 

Mmm, my experiences have been mixed with Ebay sellers.

17 May, 2015

 

Very nice!

23 May, 2015

 

Stands today at 1.2 meters, with flowers 22 cm across, nicely spaced, a whopper!

25 May, 2015

 

Know what you mean Siris I only buy from my favourite sellers as I do for daylilies, remember buying 2 iris years ago from different sellers,same price ,one a huge tuber flowered the next year the other tiny and took 3 years!!
22cm that's huge!!
I have a flower open on 'Golden Muffin' :-)

25 May, 2015

 

Oh I am so pleased for you, Intermediate, only grows to 24", reliable. Pretty show when it bulks up.

25 May, 2015



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