Iris

Iris is a perennial herbaceous plant of in the Iridaceae family, with tubers or creeping rhizomes. There are more than 300 species worldwide, distributed in the north temperate zone, and there are 60 species in China. Iris is named for its petals shaped like the tail of an iris bird, with blue, purple, yellow, white, red and other colours. The genus often has large and beautiful flowers. Many species are not only used as ornamental plants in the garden, flower beds and borders, or arranged in poolside seaside gardens and iris speciality gardens, but can also be used as cut flowers, pot plants and ground cover.

Iris is highly resilient and grows well in any type of soil, but performs better in well-drained and moisture-retentive soil types. Iris has a short flowering period which varies from species to species. Most of the varieties flower from May to June.