Iris laevigata

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Cultivation

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Read about Iris laevigata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Iris laevigata, Fisch. (I. kaempferi, Sieb. I. albopurpurea, Baker). Japanese Iris. Figs. 1975, 1976. Lvs. thin, ensiform, 1-1 ½ ft- long: st. much overtopping the lvs., obscurely angled, 1-3-headed: pedicel ½ -2 in. long: tube short; limb blue, violet, etc., sometimes white, spreading, 3-5 in. across; outer segms. broadly ovate-oblong, obtuse; with a yellow spot on the claw; claw short, distinct; inner segms. oblanceolate, erect, conniving or spreading; style-branches with bifid, incurved lobes. E. Siberia and Japan. Intro, by Von Siebold, and flowered at Ghent in 1857. B.M. 6132; 7511. I.H. 5:157. F.S. 20:2073, 2074; 23:2431-6. Gt. 442; 29:1003. Gn. 9:476; 16:198; 21:424; 55, p. 105; 60, p. 349; 74, pp. 336, 363, 365; 75:226. R.H. 1890, p. 188. G.C. II. 2:47; III. 13:165, Gng. 1:256; F.E. 10:777. 169; 14:501; The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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