germanica Spectabilis
Standards blue to blue-violet, falls blue-violet, bent down, around the white bears with a fine pattern. Height 40-50 cm. Blooms in May. Nice iris, especially suitable for sunny rock gardens. Flowering time April / May. Fine iris for sunny rock gardens.
PALLIDA ARGENTEA-VARIEGATA
White edged leaves year round. Light blue self, standards and falls slightly ruffled. Beards yellow in throat, light blue at tips. Midseason bloom. Strong and very pleasant fragrance.
PALLIDA VARIEGATA
Yellow edged leaves year round. Light blue self, standards and falls slightly ruffled. Beards yellow in throat, light blue at tips. Midseason bloom. Strong and very pleasant fragrance.
PARTING GLANCES (Black 2009)
Gold standards with center blended violet to plum, falls with a white area around beards heavily washed violet to dark burgundy with plicata dotting over cream haft Beards medium grey-orange with violet at ends. Pronounced spicy fragrance. Height 60 cm, belongs to Intermediate Bearded group.
PALLIDA ALBA
Natural species growing on sunny places, fully frost-resistant in Czech Republic and Germany. Standards white, falls white, bented down. Beards white. Height 50-60 cm. Flowering time May. Fine iris for sunny flowerbeds.
FLORENTINA
Flowers of a very faintly bluish shade rather than pure white with some greenish-yellow veining on the haft and a deep yellow beard. Wild species, coming from Italy and Southern Europe. Flowers very pleasantly fragrant!
XANTHOSPURIA
Flowers deep yellow to golden yellow. Wild plant coming from Turkey. Only other two wild species of the Spuria group of irises have yellow flowers - I. spuria subsp. halophila and I. crocea. Plant height 80-100 cm, frost resistant in Czech Republic.
EYEBRIGHT (Taylor 1979)
Bright golden yellow with brown lines on falls. Beards yellow-orange. Slight fragrance.
ZERO (Keppel 1998)
Standards anf falls pure white, ruffled. Beards white, faintly tipped lemon deep in throat. Pronounced sweet fragrance.
LIME SMOOTHY (Aitken 1997)
Standards white, falls light lime yellow and white edge, finely veined, ruffled. Beards white. Slight fragrance.
CAT‘S EYE (Black 2002)
Standards and style arms mauve rose, falls dark red texture-veined black, wide mauve rose band. Beards old gold, violet at base. Slight spicy fragrance. Unique, recommended sort.
STARBABY (Smith 1993)
Standards white ground, heavily dotted and washed dark violet, dark violet edge. Falls white, solid dark violet edge widening to chestnut-toned shoulders, random dark stitching inside rim, ruffled. Beards white, tipped dark blue violet. Slight sweet fragrance.
HELMSMAN (Smith M. 2002)
Standards orange, strong peach midrib, falls ruffled, cream, faint peach infusion on outer half, orange plicata band, vertical orange veins in center. Beards orange. Slight sweet fragrance.
ASTRO (Aitken 2006)
Standards indigo blue, barely visible white ground, falls white ground, nearly solid indigo plicata wash, pronounced white area around beard. Beards yellow, white at end. Pronounced sweet fragrance.
PHOTON (Smith 2005)
Standards pure yellow, greener at midrib, falls yellow, bright yellow distal edge, ruffled. Beards coral orange. Slight fragrance.
FAVORITE ANGEL (Jones B. 1990)
Pure white standards and falls, lightly ruffled. Beards silver white. Slight sweet fragrance.
TWEETY BIRD (Black 1991)
Standards pastel yellow, falls yellow with olive cast, orange overlay on hafts. Beard bright orange. Flowers ruffled. Slight fragrance.
MIDNIGHT MIST (Black 1995)
Standards wide red violet plicata band, small white central area, falls white near beard, red violet luminata wash over center, darker red violet plicata band. Beards violet in throat, white at end. Slight spicy fragrance.
TARHEEL ELF (Niswonger 1985)
Standards and falls very dark red purple, slightly ruffled. Beard medium blue. Slight sweet fragrance.
ICE AND INDIGO (Willot 1991)
Standards pale blue, falls pale blue with large deep blue violet spot. Beards white. Slight fragrance.
ABSOLUTE JOY (Aitken 2006)
Bright pink self, fuchsia purple spot on falls. Beards coral pink. Fine fragrance.
PIXIE DELIGHT (Fillmore 1993)
Standards violet with stitching along edge, lighter toward midrib, falls white ground stitched violet along edge, violet haft markings. Beards white. Pronounced sweet fragrance.
FINGERTIPS (Black 2004)
Standards translucent medium light old gold, falls medium yellow gold, diffuse medium charcoal purple spot changing to veining on haft. Beards orange, yellow base. Slight fragrance.
