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Family: Iridaceae (eye-rid-AY-see-ee) (Info) Genus: Iris (EYE-ris) (Info) Species: sibirica (sy-BEER-ah-kuh) (Info) Cultivar: Caesar's Brother Hybridized by Morgan; Year of Registration or Introduction: 1932
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Bloom Color: Purple White/Near White
Bloom Time: Late Midseason (MLa)
Foliage: Herbaceous
Other details: Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings This plant is resistant to deer
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)
Seed Collecting: N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
On Apr 26, 2008, konijntje from Douglasville, GA wrote:
This plant has been a phenomenal success under the most oppressive conditions. We have a steeply sloping concrete driveway which channels rivers of water down to the bottom any time we get a Georgia cloudburst. This leaves the bottom of the drive flooded and filled with the soil the water brought down with it. We dug a swale at the edge of the yard next to the driveway bottom to drain the water and silt out of the drive, which it does. However, this swale area goes from one awful condition to the other (arid clay in the unrelenting full sun most of the time to swamped and silty after a rain). On the advice of the folks at Triple Creek Flower Farm (see DG Garden Watchdog) last September, we planted several miscanthus and several Caesar's Brother iris in that swale after adding moderate soil amendments and covered it with round egg rocks. We didn't touch it with water or anything else in the months since. The foliage has flourished since late winter and this week (April 25) the startlingly beautiful deep midnight blue blooms are opening in heavy profusion on elegant, slender stalks. If it can perform so well in this situation, I can't imagine what it would do somewhere nurturing. Thanks to Triple Creek for their helpfulness...it has turned an ugly problem area into a purposeful, lovely focal point.
One of early summer's most dependable blooms here in z5. Beautiful color and high bud count.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Tampa, Florida Braselton, Georgia Douglasville, Georgia Marietta, Georgia Rockford, Illinois Indianapolis, Indiana Ewing, Kentucky Hebron, Kentucky Morehead, Kentucky Nantucket, Massachusetts Uxbridge, Massachusetts Wayland, Massachusetts Franklin, Michigan Lake City, Minnesota New Prague, Minnesota Lincoln, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska Auburn, New Hampshire Alden, New York Bridgehampton, New York Cicero, New York Glen Head, New York Phoenicia, New York Jacksonville, North Carolina Belfield, North Dakota Columbia Station, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Warren, Ohio Meshoppen, Pennsylvania Fort Mill, South Carolina Hixson, Tennessee Lafayette, Tennessee Lenoir City, Tennessee Kerrville, Texas San Antonio, Texas Montpelier, Vermont Portsmouth, Virginia Kalama, Washington Madison, Wisconsin Waterloo, Wisconsin Lander, Wyoming
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