Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Classification: Reticulata

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 6 to 10 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs

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Common names
  • Reticulated Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a Date: 2022-03-30
Location: Pennsylvania Date: 2019-02-10 Iris reticulata forced indoors in February
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a Date: 2022-03-26
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a Date: 2022-03-26
Location: Pennsylvania Date: 2019-02-10 Iris reticulata forced indoors in February
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a Date: 2022-03-30
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a Date: 2022-03-21
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a Date: 2022-03-26
Location: Western Washington Date: 2018-02-02
Date: 2022-03-11
Location: Western Washington Date: 2018-02-10
Location: My garden Date: 2020-02-11
Location: central Illinois Date: 3-15-2020
Location: Indiana Zone 5 Date: 2009-03-15 one of the first colors of spring
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains Date: 2023-02-10
Location: central Illinois Date: 2012-02-02 poking up in Feb
Location: My garden Date: 2020-02-11
Location: central Illinois Date: March 2008
Location: central Illinois Date: 3-15-06
Location: central Illinois Date: 2017-03-10
Location: my Zone 8a garden in North Georgia Mountains Date: 2024-02-16
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2012-03-13 In a friends garden
Location: Western Washington Date: 2015-02-09
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah Date: 2012-01-30
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2012-03-13 In a friends garden
Location: London! Date: 2013-02-18
Location: Long Island, NY Date: 2013-03-20
Location: My garden Date: 2017-03-26
Location: Garden Date: 2018-03-22
Location: central Illinois Date: 2012-03-11
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2005-03-18
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah Date: 2012-01-30
Location: central Illinois Date: 2013-03-16
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2012-03-13 In a friends garden
Location: z5 MA, my garden Date: 2010-04-04 Bulbous Iris. Labeled reticulata but not sure.
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2012-03-13 In a friends garden
Photo by Newyorkrita
Photo by Newyorkrita
Photo by Newyorkrita
Date: 2013-03-20
Location: central Illinois Date: 2009-03-15
Location: central Illinois Date: 3-8-08
Date: 2013-03-20
Date: 2013-03-20
Date: 2013-03-20
Photo by Maridell
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden Date: May credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden Date: May credit: Magnus Manske
Location: central Illinois Date: March 2006
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI Date: 2012-04-05
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI Date: 2012-04-05
Date: 2014-03-11
Location: central Illinois Date: 2016-03-01
Date: 2014-03-11
Date: 2014-02-27
Date: 2014-02-27
Date: 2014-02-27
Date: 2014-02-27
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah Date: 2012-01-30
Date: 2014-02-27
Date: 2014-02-27
Location: central Illinois Date: 2012-03-06
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2012-03-13 In a friends garden
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2012-03-13 In a friends garden
Photo by Newyorkrita
Photo by Newyorkrita
Date: c. 1924 illustration from 'The Handbook of Garden Irises' by Dykes, 1924
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI Date: 2012-04-05
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI Date: 2012-04-05
Date: 2014-02-27
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2012-03-13 In a friends garden
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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Nov 4, 2013 3:32 PM concerning plant:
    Iris reticulata has small but charming and lovely spring flowers that are quite short. These are really bulbs, but the flowers do look like other irises. Very, very early spring blooming.
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  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 11, 2011 11:29 AM concerning plant:
    Excellent subjects to force over winter.
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