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Aucher Eloy Iris

Iris aucheri

Aucher Eloy Iris
Photo: Anas A. Emad, CC BY-SA 4.0

Iris aucheri is a bulbous perennial Juno iris from western Asia, grown for its early-spring flowers that often have a violet scent. It needs a sheltered, sunny, well-drained spot with neutral to slightly alkaline soil.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while in growth in spring, then keep dry during summer dormancy.
Soil
Well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil or gritty loam.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C (RHS H4); protect from prolonged wet cold and severe frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SC. & SE. Türkiye to Jordan and W. Iran
Climate
subtropical

About

Iris aucheri, the Aucher-Éloy iris, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a bulbous perennial in the Juno group of irises (multiple flowers per plant).

How to grow it

Iris aucheri is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its showy flowers. It requires neutral or slightly alkaline soil in a sheltered, frost-free spot, or it can be grown in an unheated greenhouse or conservatory, in the UK.

It is hardy down to USDA Zone 6. In the UK, it has been given a hardiness rating by the RHS of H4: −15 °C (5 °F) (hardy in most locations).

Where it grows

It is native to temperate Western Asia, in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Jordan.

Other Iris plants

Iris acutiloba subsp. lineolata · Iris acutiloba · Iris adriatica · Iris afghanica · Iris alberti · Iris albomarginata · Iris alexeenkoi · Single Bract Iris · Iris antilibanotica · Stool iris · Iris arenaria · Iris assadiana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iris aucheri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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