bluegrassmom said:Ok, I am fairly new to iris growing. I have had a few TBs for years but that is all. I am adding a few L. Iris and Japanese, and a Siberian too this year.
So the bloom on all of those are bearded correct? This is a dangerous place to be for a plant junkie.
Not correct. Louisiana, Japanese and Siberian iris are all beardless iris. There other beardless iris as well. Spuria iris is another example.
Some common iris that are bearded often use 'bearded' as part of the name description such as 'TB' for 'tall bearded', 'SDB' for 'standard dwarf bearded', 'BB' for 'border bearded'. These are multi-generation hybrids derived from bearded species. Both aril species are bearded, as are the 'arilbred' iris which are hybrids derived using the aril species with other bearded species.
Iris as a plant group is really large. The ones mentioned are just among the more commonly grown types.
