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Iris sibirica 'Mission Bay'
Siberian Iris
Plant Type:
GRASSES & GRASS-LIKE PLANTSIris sibirica 'Mission Bay' - Light blue flowers display a rounded form with lovely veining throughout to the petal edges on the falls. Signals are warm white yellow with a bare suffusion of light green. The signals just peek out from under the beautifully ruffled styles and standards. The styles and standards are in the same pearly blue with more pristine white apparent lilt with gentle, lyrical twists and curls. What a beautiful flower with an angelic affect. Fully to mostly sunny siting in fertile, moisture retaining soil. Mid-season bloomer in the Siberian Iris season. 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 'Mission Bay'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Late Spring / Early Summer
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / into Autumn
Nature Attraction
- Deer Resistant
Light
- Full Sun
- Mostly Sunny
Attributes
- Border
- Cottage Garden
- Massing
- 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.