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Iris xanthospuria

Iris xanthospuria is a rhizomatous perennial iris from Turkey with yellow flowers, once known as 'Turkey yellow', and grown as an ornamental in temperate gardens. It needs full sun and plenty of moisture during the growing season.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil moist through the growing season; it likes plenty of moisture.
Soil
Good heavy garden soil; tolerates most soils if moisture is steady.
Temperature
Hardy to −15 °C.
How easy
Easy

About

Iris xanthospuria is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Turkey with yellow flowers. It was originally known as 'Turkey yellow'. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.

How to grow it

It is hardy to −15 °C.

It prefers to grow in good heavy garden soil, it is tolerant of most soils, as long as there is plenty of moisture during the growing season.

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 xanthospuria 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.

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