Iris sibirica 'Strawberry Fair' (25) plants
Common name: Siberian Iris.
Zones 3 to 9.
Full sun to part shade.
Plants reach 29 inches tall and 18 to 24 inches wide;
Herbaceous perennial clumps will grow together to inhibit weeds.
Growth rate: Moderate.
Heavily ruffled, magenta pink falls, lavender pink standards, and a white signal blooms on rigid stems rise above a clump of arching, narrow, grass-like, linear leaves. A late bloomer, bloom season extends into mid-summer. Deadheading will not extend this variety's blooms.
American Iris Society Honorable Mention 1997
American Iris Society Award of Merit 1999
American Iris Society Morgan-Wood Medal (Best Siberian Iris) 2001
Siberian Iris will tolerate a wide range of soils, but prefers very moist, organic, slightly acid soil. It will perform in boggy conditions, and will survive poor, dry soil if its thick roots penetrate deep enough. They will tolerate part shade in warmer zones.
New clumps may take two or three years to become firmly established and bloom profusely. It is best not to divide iris during bloom period, wait until fall.
Attributes: bog plant, border plant, container, cut flower, and mass plantings. Disease resistance Attracts hummingbirds. They can also be grown under Black Walnut trees. |
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