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Iris sibirica 'Drink Your Tea'
Siberian Iris
Plant Type:
GRASSES & GRASS-LIKE PLANTSIris sibirica‘Drink Your Tea’ - From breeders Jan Sacks and Marty Schafer comes this most unusually beautiful Siberian Iris. Light apricot styles and standards are flanked by orange-brown falls. Lots of flowering stalks on this complex hybrid. Though usually sporting fewer 'Drink Your Tea' harbors the genetic ability to produce up to as many as five buds per stalk. As is typical of Siberian Iris the narrow green to blue-green leaf lances remain attractive all the growing season long. Full sun in fertile, draining soil. Established, pot grown from division.
Cultural requirements are simple but must be adhered to or plants are likely to languish, not perform and perhaps disappear from their special place in the garden. All of the cultivars we offer require a very nutritious loam rich in organic material preferably with a blend of composted animal manure and worm castings. Full sun exposure with your Siberian Iris in this deep moisture retaining soil will spell success. Please don't attempt circumvention with salt-based chemical fertilizers. Give them the rich, organic soil they require.
Characteristics and Attributes for Iris sibirica 'Drink Your Tea'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Late Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer
Nature Attraction
- Deer Resistant
- Honey Bees & Native Bees
Light
- Full Sun
Attributes
- Border
- Specimen
- Collector Plant
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Medium
Soil
- Draining
- Fertile
- Moist
Origins
- Garden Origin
Propagated By
- Division
Genus Overview: Iris
Common Name: Iris
From small woodland species and tiny forms happy in a sunny trough to those that stretch to one's waist and higher irises are among the most beautiful and unique of herbaceous perennials. They come in an amazing array of colors with fans of foliage that provide textural contrast to other garden denizens long after the flowers have passed. None that we carry are especially common. All are beautiful in the full sun border with many adaptable to pond's edge. They want a home! Pot grown division unless otherwise indicated.