Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Year Of Registration: not registered
Classification: Species
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 24 to 48 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 24 inches
Fruit: Showy
Dehiscent
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Species Iris
  • Iris
  • Leopard Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Iris domestica
  • Synonym: Belamcanda chinensis

Photo Gallery
Location: Zone 5
Date: 2007-10-31 
Iris Domestica Blackberry Lily - Iridaceae Family
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-07-21
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA

Date: 2021-08-08
Location: Orlando Florida
Date: 2011-07-20
Belamcanda chinensis 'Hello Yellow'
Location: Middle Terrace zone 7b
Date: 2016-09-29
1st year blooming in this location Sept/16

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic

Date: 2015-08-26

Date: 2015-08-26
Location: Orlando Florida
Date: 2011-07-21
Belamcanda chinensis 'Hello Yellow'

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Mid Summer
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-08-10
  • Uploaded by Joy
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MissMew On May 26, 2019 Transplanted
MissMew On July 22, 2017 Obtained plant
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