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Iris winogradowii

Iris winogradowii
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbirder/, CC BY 2.0

Iris winogradowii is a small bulbous perennial iris from the Caucasus, with pale primrose yellow, scented flowers in spring that appear before the leaves. It grows best in cool, partly shaded spots with humus-rich, free-draining soil.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Water during active growth in spring, then keep fairly dry after flowering through summer.
Soil
Humus-rich, porous, cool peat-enriched soil that drains well.
Temperature
Cool conditions suit it best; hardy in cold winters, avoid heat and dry summers.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Transcaucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Iris winogradowii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Iris, classified in the subgenus Hermodactyloides and section Reticulatae. It is a bulbous perennial, from the Caucasus mountains of Azerbaijan and Georgia.

How to grow it

It was first grown in the UK in 1923.

Due to its alpine origins, it prefers to grow in semi-shade in cool peat enriched soils.

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 winogradowii 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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