MANY plants are said to have flowers in a rainbow of colours, but fail to live up to the promise. Bearded irises, both tall and tiny, are one of the few flowers for which a rainbow really is a reality – although it’s fair to say that true reds are scarce.
However, there’s more. Not only do bearded irises come in every rainbow colour, but some also come with two or three rainbow colours in the same flower.
Tall and dwarf
Bearded irises get their name from the fluffy orange or yellow hairs in the throat of the flower. They’re also sometimes called flag irises because, in full flower, they look a little like flags on
