IRIS Black Tie Affair

IRIS Black Tie Affair Self.  A very large dark inky black flower with navy blue beards. It has scented flowers and a very elegant form.  Flowers mid season. May-June. Ht. 90cm. Sp. 30cm.  Tall bearded Iris. IRIS Black Tie Affair was bred by Schreiners Gardens in 1993.  Read more about Schreiners Gardens Bearded Irises are lifted and dispatched between September and October only. Orders can be placed any time of year when plants are available, however we will not dispatch your order until harvest time. Plants arrive as bareroot rhizomes ready for planting. Bearded Irises in the month of May are the keynote speakers in my garden – that sticky perfume and the intensity of colour of their flowers.  No other genus has flowers so blue, so brown or so black; in these colours Bearded Irises rule supreme. Bearded Irises must enjoy full sun (at least 6 hours a day) and a well drained soil.  They disdain the miseries of shade and clay.  Plant rhizomes just proud of the soil level in well drained soil with a PH between 6 and 8.  Remove flower stalks when finished and clear away dead leaves in autumn.  Do not cut back healthy leaves in summer.  For full details and other forms of Iris please visit our Iris Page