Dutch Iris named Angel Wings
Untouched color-colour photograph by J. McCombie.
Iris x hollandica "Angel Wings" has tall and elegant foliage with white standards with a hint of pale bl...
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Untouched color-colour photograph by J. McCombie.
Iris x hollandica "Angel Wings" has tall and elegant foliage with white standards with a hint of pale blue with green veins and falls of golden yellow with bright orange. Exotic and hardy plants for late spring colour. Dutch Iris are one of the tallest spring bulbs available making them ideal for planting at the back of beds and borders. They look best when planted in groups or swathes. Their straight stems are also excellent for picking. The foliage of Dutch Iris is mid green foliage is narrow, and upright. It is the perfect compliment to the blooms and easy to weave into almost any garden scheme. You can even grow them in large containers or pots. Dutch Iris are easy to grow with very low maintenance. They naturalize easily and are deer, rabbit and squirrel resistant. They can be left in the ground for continual year after year flowering. But don't just enjoy these outside, they also make a wonderful cut flower for a fabulous display inside. Florists use these delicate yet sturdy flowers in many kinds of floral arrangements. The 18 to 20-inch stems and 5 to 7-inch blooms are perfect for wedding bouquets, corsages and cut flowers sales.
A bulbous iris valued for showy, petite blooms. The Dutch iris flower has six petals; the three upright petals are called standards, and the three hanging petals are called falls. Flowers are white, rose, orange, yellow, purple and blue. Blooms in spring. Foliage is green and grasslike and dies back after it has finished blooming. Plant size is 15 to 24 inches tall and as wide. They prefer a full sun position, in well drained soil. Mid to late spring flowering after the German Iris. Grows: 70 cm (28")
Iris × hollandica, commonly known as the Dutch iris, is a hybrid iris developed from species native to Spain and North Africa (Iris tingitana × Iris xiphium).
Two varieties of Iris xiphium (var. praecox) from Spain and (var. lusitanica) from France, were crossed with Iris tingitana (from North Africa). This was carried out by a Dutch bulb firm 'Van Tubergen' (based in Haarlem) in the 19th century.
Because the bulb could be forced in a greenhouse to flower early, it was popular with florists. Since the 1900s it has been crossed with other species to create various cultivars. After the second world war, stocks of bulbs were imported to America. They then increased the colour range mainly the yellows.
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Iris x hollandica "Angel Wings" has tall and elegant foliage with white standards with a hint of pale blue with green veins and falls of golden yellow with bright orange. Exotic and hardy plants for late spring colour. Dutch Iris are one of the tallest spring bulbs available making them ideal for planting at the back of beds and borders. They look best when planted in groups or swathes. Their straight stems are also excellent for picking. The foliage of Dutch Iris is mid green foliage is narrow, and upright. It is the perfect compliment to the blooms and easy to weave into almost any garden scheme. You can even grow them in large containers or pots. Dutch Iris are easy to grow with very low maintenance. They naturalize easily and are deer, rabbit and squirrel resistant. They can be left in the ground for continual year after year flowering. But don't just enjoy these outside, they also make a wonderful cut flower for a fabulous display inside. Florists use these delicate yet sturdy flowers in many kinds of floral arrangements. The 18 to 20-inch stems and 5 to 7-inch blooms are perfect for wedding bouquets, corsages and cut flowers sales.
A bulbous iris valued for showy, petite blooms. The Dutch iris flower has six petals; the three upright petals are called standards, and the three hanging petals are called falls. Flowers are white, rose, orange, yellow, purple and blue. Blooms in spring. Foliage is green and grasslike and dies back after it has finished blooming. Plant size is 15 to 24 inches tall and as wide. They prefer a full sun position, in well drained soil. Mid to late spring flowering after the German Iris. Grows: 70 cm (28")
Iris × hollandica, commonly known as the Dutch iris, is a hybrid iris developed from species native to Spain and North Africa (Iris tingitana × Iris xiphium).
Two varieties of Iris xiphium (var. praecox) from Spain and (var. lusitanica) from France, were crossed with Iris tingitana (from North Africa). This was carried out by a Dutch bulb firm 'Van Tubergen' (based in Haarlem) in the 19th century.
Because the bulb could be forced in a greenhouse to flower early, it was popular with florists. Since the 1900s it has been crossed with other species to create various cultivars. After the second world war, stocks of bulbs were imported to America. They then increased the colour range mainly the yellows.
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