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Iris cathayensis
Iris cathayensis is a small, beardless rhizomatous perennial iris from southern China with grey-green leaves and violet spring flowers. It is uncommon in cultivation and succeeds best in sandy soil kept dry in winter.
Iris cathayensis is a beardless iris in the genus Iris, in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Tenuifoliae of the genus. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial from China. It has grey-green leaves, short stems and violet flowers.
Iris cathayensis is not common in cultivation in the UK.
It prefers to grow in sandy soils. It needs to be kept dry during winter, needing the protection of bulb frames, it only needs water during the growing season.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iris cathayensis 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.
