Iris sanguinea seed
LATIN NAME: IRIS SANGUINEA
COMMON NAME: Blood Iris
In the damp meadows and the lake margins of the far east, the blood iris grows as a sturdy, clumping, perennial herb with the fans of bright-green, sword-shaped leaves and the showy, deep-blue to violet flowers with their yellow-flecked falls, opening in the early summer. It spreads steadily into a bold, upright clump, and it stands the cold winters and the moist, rich soils well. It does well in the sun and the damp, fertile ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The blood iris holds a place in the studies of the water irises of the far east, its violet falls and its sturdy fans keeping it in view in the work on the wetland irises of the northern meadows and the ornamental irises of the cool garden. The research looks at the way the yellow-flecked falls open in the early summer, the seed capsules ripen and split, and the seed biology of the hard seeds needing their cold rest.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the pond margin and the meadow garden, the blood iris lifts the violet flowers above the green fans and stands the cold and the damp with ease. The sturdy clump spreads into a bold colony, and the plant makes the fine waterside iris, the meadow perennial and the plant of the sunny, moist garden. It is a plant for the sunny, damp, rich and open place.
To grow the Blood Iris from seed, give the seeds a cold, moist spell through the winter, then sow them.
Give the seeds a cold, moist spell through the winter, then sow them, and keep the young irises in the sunny, moist spot. on moist, gritty soil, keep them lightly watered, and the young irises rise in the sunny, moist spot. The violet flowers open with the early summer.
LATIN NAME: Iris sanguinea
COMMON NAME: Blood Iris, Japanese Blood Iris, Siberian Iris
The blood iris is a handsome iris of the Asian meadows, and its clear blue-violet flowers are a sign of early summer. The herb steadily grows into a rounded crown, with a mature height of 5-10 metres. It is one of the species that is considered a Japanese iris, and it is a beloved plant of the waterside garden, growing happily in moist ground beside ponds and streams.
The blood iris belongs to the iris family, Iridaceae, and it is native to Asia, found between Russia, Mongolia, China, Japan and Korea. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions, and it is one of the species that has contributed to the many garden irises of the iris family.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The blood iris has a genuine and growing place in both horticultural and botanical research. It has been studied in horticulture for its value as an ornamental, prized for its clear blue-violet flowers and its love of moist ground, and it is widely grown in temperate gardens, where it is valued beside ponds and streams, and it has contributed to the breeding of garden irises. The plant has also been studied in botany, since the irises are a large and fascinating genus, and researchers have examined its classification, its relationships with the other species of the iris series and its place in the genus, which has made the irises a widely studied group in plant taxonomy. The species has also been studied in ecology for its role in the meadows and watersides of its native range. For an iris of such clear beauty, the blood iris has a steady and growing record of research.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the blood iris is a generous plant of the waterside. Its blue-violet flowers feed bees and other pollinators in early summer, and its clumps of narrow leaves give shelter for insects and small animals along the pond and stream, while it grows happily in the moist meadows of its native range.
Its economic value lies mainly in horticulture. It is a beloved ornamental iris, prized for its clear flowers and its love of moist ground, and it is grown in temperate gardens around the world, beside ponds and streams, while it has contributed to the breeding of garden irises. For a grower, the blood iris is an easy and rewarding plant, and for a gardener it brings clear blue-violet bloom to the waterside garden. The seeds are easy — sow them in a pot of moist, free-draining compost in autumn, keep them cool and lightly watered, and theyll sprout steadily over the following weeks, growing on into handsome clumps that will flower by early summer.