Iris ‘Thornbird’
Iris x germanica
Description
Flowers are large and have lots of distance between them, gradually stair-stepping up the stem. Petals are a muted golden brown with mauve-grape veining and shaggy and exaggerated eggplant-colored whiskers. What makes this variety so beautiful is the droplets of purple on the petal tips, which look like little splatters of paint, giving it a metallic quality.
Details
Bloom time: late midseason
Site: full sun
Harvesting/Vase Life
Details
Description
Flowers are large and have lots of distance between them, gradually stair-stepping up the stem. Petals are a muted golden brown with mauve-grape veining and shaggy and exaggerated eggplant-colored whiskers. What makes this variety so beautiful is the droplets of purple on the petal tips, which look like little splatters of paint, giving it a metallic quality.
Details
Bloom time: late midseason
Site: full sun
Harvesting/Vase Life
Sources
How to Grow
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