It is a compact plant and is cultivated as an ornamental plant in.
Japanese roof iris.
The leaves are 15 inches tall fanned at the base and ribbed.
Crowded plants tend to offer fewer blooms.
Botanist carl maximowicz 1827 1891 discovered it growing on roofs in japan in the early 1860s.
Division keeps growing japanese iris plants in optimum condition to provide the best possible bloom in summer.
Though its common name is japanese roof iris it s actually native to china.
With purple white pink and blue flowering roof iris cultivars for sale online.
Japanese roof iris is one of those plants.
Seed will be virus free and can be.
Genus named for the greek goddess of the rainbow.
Commonly called roof iris because it has in the past been grown on thatched roofs in both japan and china.
The japanese roof iris does very well in coastal south carolina and provides an interesting topic plant.
The colony will slowly increase in size or you can speed the process along by dividing the plants in the fall.
Mine was planted in 1990 and has thrived ever since with very little care and only 2 fertilizations during that period of time.
Remove and destroy infected plants.
Susceptible to a virus which discolors the leaves badly.
Japanese iris care will include the division of the rhizomes every three to four years.
Iris tectorum or japanese roof iris is a large flowering evansia iris crested iris that grows well in a humus rich damp position.
It is very delicate and pretty but has an interesting past so it is no wonder that i love it.
On oct 11 2003 terry from murfreesboro tn zone 7a wrote.
Japenese roof iris as a plant collector rather than a garden designer i adore plants that are a bit out of the ordinary and if they come with a good history or story so much the better.
Japanese roof iris are an example of the great diversity of exotic iris species coming into the nursery industry with varied colors and flower formations.
Specific epithet means of the roofs of houses.
The japanese roof iris is unique amongst irises because it grows about as well in the shade as in the sun.
Iris tectorum also known as roof iris japanese roof iris and wall iris is a plant species in the genus iris it is also in the subgenus limniris it is a rhizomatous perennial it is native of china korea and burma with lavender blue bluish violet purple blue blue lilac or sky blue flowers there is a white form as well.
In an earlier dynasty an emperor during a period of war decreed that only food rice and vegetables would be grown in the ground no flowers.
Though the bloom is large at 6 inches the standards are shortened and tubular and the falls widespread.
