IRIS Deep Black

IRIS Deep Black. A Historic Iris. Self. Flowers have almost black falls and velvety violet standards and violet beards. Flowers late season, June. Ht. 90cm. Sp. 30cm.  A tall bearded Iris. IRIS Deep Black was introduced by Paul Cook 1955.  Read more about the hybridizer Paul Cook. Bareroot 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.  Potted Iris will be dispatched within our normal time frame of 5 to 10 working days. 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 `