IRIS Braithwaite

IRIS Braithwaite A Historic Iris. Amonea.  Scented flowers that have the palest lavender standards and rich purple falls with paler edges and yellow beards. Very late flowering, June.  Ht. 90cm. Sp. 50cm.  'Helen Collingwood' X 'Lothario' Tall bearded. IRIS Braithwaite was introduced by English hybridizer Harry Randall in 1952.  See more introductions by Harry Randall.

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