Iris sibirica 'It's A Date'

Siberian Iris

Plant Type:

SUN PERENNIALS

Iris sibirica 'It's A Date' - Light yellow standards deepen to strong yellow approaching the bases. The barest suggestion of pink can be discerned upon close, careful inspection. Large standards and styles are snow white with a bare touch of pale yellow evident in places becoming more saturated where upper parts meet the falls. All parts are ruffled. Nicely-formed flowers are large, four inches. 'It's A Date' is a very good performer with five buds per stalk in the mid-season span of Siberian Iris. An established clump is profuse with bloom and a sight to behold.


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. When you think it's rich enough add more - just think of death by chocolate. 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.


Height:

30 in

Colors:

Near White, Yellow

Characteristics and Attributes for Iris sibirica 'It's A Date'

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Late Spring

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / into Autumn

Autumn Interest

  • Fruit / Berries / Seed Heads

Nature Attraction

  • Deer Resistant

Light

  • Mostly Sunny
  • Full Sun

Attributes

  • Border
  • Cottage Garden
  • Collector Plant

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Medium

Soil

  • Humus Laden
  • Organic
  • Moist
  • Fertile

Origins

  • Garden Origin

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.