IRIS Blue Shimmer

IRIS Blue Shimmer A Historic Iris. Plicata. Heavily peppered blue plicata on a white base with icy blue beards that are yellow in the throat.  Very elegant. Flowers late season, June. Ht. 90cm. Sp. 30cm. Tall bearded Iris. IRIS Blue Shimmer was introduced by Jacob Sass in 1941.  Read more about the hybridizer Jacob Sass

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