Description
An interesting and not commonly grown Iris that had some ‘name adventures’, back and forth from Pardanthopsis. It has interesting blue-violet flowers with brownish markings on the petals and sword shaped leaves.
The Vesper Iris is flowering in late summer, July-August with the flowers opening at the same time in the afternoon every day, hence the common name, they also have a subtle fragrance.
It can be grown in full sun to part-shade, but dislikes drought so have it a nice, rich flower bed. For this reason in hot regions, it does better in a part-shaded location.
See in the gallery how beautifully combined with Delphinium grandiflorum, they are really made for each other :)
Germination: warm germinator. Sown in very early spring (indoors) it may flower the first year, if not in the second year. The seedlings dislike transplanting if they get too big, so better hold on to start it until March/April, sow only few seeds/pot and transplant as a whole in the garden as soon as possible.
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