Iris warleyensis
| Iris warleyensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Irideae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Scorpiris |
| Species: | Iris warleyensis |
| Binomial name | |
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Iris warleyensis Foster |
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Iris warleyensis is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Scorpiris. It is a bulbous perennial.
It was first published by Michael Foster in 'Gardeners' Chronicle' Series 3, 261 of London' in 1902.
Iris warleyensis is now the accepted name by the RHS.
It was found in Bokhara in Eastern Turkestan in 1899, by a plant collector on behalf of the Van Tubergen nurseries in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Mr Foster then named it after 'Great Warley', the renowned gardener Ellen Willmott garden in Essex.
It was later mentioned in the RHS Journal (later known as The Garden) 91.f 159 in 1966.
It is hardy to USDA Zone 3. In the UK, it is best cultivated in an unheated greenhouse, alpine house or bulb frame.
But it will grown in well-drained soils in any sunny spot that are not too wind-swept.
Iris warleyensis and Iris bucharica can cross quite freely, and the seedlings are usually vigorous plants of the shape and stature of the latter species.
Iris warleyensis is very similar in form to Iris orchioides and Iris bucharica. But differs in colour and has a white horn-like edge to the leaves.
It has a bulb with a brown papery skin and thick storage roots.
It grows to a height of between 20–45 cm (8–17.5 in) tall.
In spring, April (in the US), it produces between 3 and 5 flowers.
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