Iris

Description:

There are 250-300 species of Iris, normall the flowers follow this pattern: The inflorescences are fan-shaped and contain one or more symmetrical six-lobed flowers, the three sepals, which are spreading or droop downwards are referred to as "falls". They expand from their narrow base, which in some of the rhizomatous irises has a "beard"growing into a broader expanded portion, often adorned with veining, lines or dots. The three, sometimes reduced, petals stand upright, partly behind the sepal bases.

Habitat:

Irises grow in any good free garden soil, the smaller and more delicate species needing only the aid of turf ingredients, either peat or loam, to keep it light and open in texture.