TB - Tall Bearded Irises
Tall Bearded Irises are the most common group of irises, often called garden irises. In this group you will find large-flowered irises, usually 70 cm to 120 cm high. In Europe, they come into bloom on around 10th May. We cultivate them with love in South Moravia region of the Czech Republic. They are easy to grow and fully frost-resistant. From tens of thousands of bred varieties you can find here our selection of the best, easily grown sorts coming mainly from European and American breeders. Flowers are large, mostly wavy, sometimes of exotic shapes, one- or multicolored, differently dotted or stripped, often pleasantly fragrant. Flowers grow on one main and 2-4 side stems. Each of them has 1-3 buds, so 7-12, even 15 flowers gradually bloom in one plant. These irises love sunny locations; they can be planted individually, or together with other perennials. Flowers are very suitable for cutting.
For better orientation, TB irises on these pages is possible to sort by height into two groups:
Tall Bearded Irises - higher than 90 cm
Tall Bearded Irises - up to 90 cm (71-89 cm) high
They can also be sorted by flower color, fragrance or flower type:
Self – i.e. one or more tones of one color
Bicolor – i.e. two different basic colors
Plicata – striped, dotted, splashed etc. on a white or colored base
Space Ager – with beards extended to a few cm in length - in the form of horns, spoons...
Broken Color – basic dark color with wild light splashing, or light background with dark pattern
We accept orders all year round, bareroot plants are sent (by Zásilkovna or Czech Post) from mid-July to the end of September. If you want to order both bearded irises (TB, SDB, MDB) and peonies, you need to order peonies on a separate order, because we send bearded irises in the summer, but peonies in autumn (or in early spring). Together with bearded irises - siberian and spuria irises, daylilies and hostas can be ordered.
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OSTENTATIOUS (Ghio 1997)
Standards black cherry, falls bright gold ground, maroon marginal band with dotting inside band, white area around sienna beards. Height 100 cm.
WORLD PREMIER (Schreiners 1998)
Standards blue white, falls dark blue violet with white rim, ruffled. Beards yellow, blue at base. Height 95 cm. Highly prized iris.
COLETTE THURILLET (Cayeux 1991)
Standards light tan, falls clear rosy red, narrow tan border. Beards tangerine red.
EYE FOR STYLE (Blyth 2006)
Soft cattleya pink self, standards beige pink lacy edge, style arms flecked beige and blue, falls lavender blue blaze in center, lacy. Beards tangerine orange
INK PATTERNS (Johnson 2007)
Standards and falls white, strong blue-violet stitched edge, ruffled. Beards white tipped violet blue. Slight pleasant fragrance.
OUT OF THE DARK (Black 2007)
Standards light buff washed medium purple, falls buff, wide purple plicata band, dotted and sanded inside band; markings heavier over haft, sanded luminata-plicata patch around beard, sanded line down center, ruffled. Beards white tipped burnt orange. Slight spicy fragrance. Height 100 cm.
INDISCREET (Ghio1988)
Standards magenta, falls salmon ground, edged and heavily stitched magenta. Beards tangerine orange. A brilliant plicata, beautiful sort.
ANYTHING GOES (Hager 1998)
Raspberry pink standards, deeper rose falls distinctly veined, bright tangerine beards. Big flowers, nicely ruffled. Perfect branching of the stem, good bud count. Prolific and vigorous, healthy growth.
BEWILDERBEAST (Kasperek 1995)
Standards and falls with outrageous combination of purple, gold and white, yellow-brown beards. Well-branched stem, reliable grower.
BY JEEVES (Blyth 2008)
Standards lavender lilac, falls rich violet with lilac edge, heavily veined white pattern around beards, very ruffled. Beards bright tangerine. Pleasant sweet fragrance.
CAFE D'AMOUR (Blyth 2010)
Standards antique lemon infused with light violet, falls bright blue-violet to rosy-violet, deepening to blue violet around the gold beards. Exceptionally ruffled flowers, excellent sort.
CANDY CANE CUTIE (Maryott 2000)
Standards white, with light apricot shadow, falls white, even violett or maroon veining near full length, diffusing at end with white band. Beards bright tangerine. Lovely sort.
CARNIVAL OF COLOR (Black 2009)
Standards warm white blushed metallic pink over center blending paler toward edge to darker tan-gold margins, fine darker pink veins, falls pale cream-white center, haft heavily veined tan brown to wide gold peach haft margin extending way down, medium metallic peach sheen over center veined and washed dark violet, ruffled. Beards bright orange. Pronounced sweet fragrance.
CELEBRATION SONG (Schreiner 1993)
Apricot-pink standards nicely complement the ruffled blue-lavender or light violet falls. Beards orange. Highly valued sort, delicate flowers. Excellent growth and rich flowering. Fine fragrance.
CHASING RAINBOWS (Hager 1995)
Standards peach pink, purple blended up midrib, falls buff, lavender and blue blend, violet veins, ruffled. Beards tangerine. Fine combination of colors, very suitable for a vase.
CHEVALIER DE MALTE (Cayeux 1998)
Standards light pinkish chamois, falls bright pinkish purple, large cream to salmon center. Beards bright, orange red. Excellent sort with perfectly branched stem. Fine fragrance.
DARCY'S CHOICE (Schreiner 2007)
Standards light yellow, falls claret magenta with white blaze around beards. Beards yellow in throat, cream in middle, white at end. Flowers nicely ruffled.
FOOTLOOSE (Schreiner 1993)
Standards violet-pink stitched on almost in´visible white ground, falls white ground stitched purple, more intensively on the edge. Beards ocher yellow. Flowers ruffled, very early bloom.
GNU AGAIN (Kasperek 1994)
Standards medium violet with random off-white splashes, falls dark violet with random white breaks and splashes. Beards burnt orange tipped medium violet. Flowers ruffled. Slight pleasant fragrance.
HIGH CLASS (Black 2003)
Standards pale blue, darker crystalline rim, midrib violet, falls dark velvety purple, narrow medium violet rim, white veins by and dart at end of beard. Beards orange gold in throat, violet at end. Pronounced sweet fragrance.
HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS (Duncan 2001)
Standards intense deep purple black, falls with darker sheen on ruffles, small white spray pattern near beard, heavily ruffled, laced. Beards blue violet, dark burnt orange in throat. Sweet fragrance.
AILE VOLANTE (Cayeux 2013)
Standards salmon pink, violet infusions on edges, laced, falls light pink with a wide magenta border. Beards coral red, elongated to long magenta-violet spoon. Unique Space Age sort, breathtaking...
JAZZ BAND (Keppel 2006)
Standards orange, falls orange with wide purple-red band and purple venation, ruffled. Beards bright, orange-red.
KARIBIK (Mego 2011)
Standards delicate smoky grey-violet, falls cream, nearly white with blue patch in center, delicate yellow border. Beards golden orange, pale blue at end. Slight sweet fragrance. Extraordinary sort.
