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ABOUT US
Elle Bee's Iris World has evolved from an addiction to the stunning bearded iris. With close to 1400 plants scattered throughout the garden, Spring is an exciting time.
Situated in the north of the beautiful island of Tasmania, the growing conditions are perfect with cool frosty winters and temperate summers. As new varieties bloom we will be adding them to the listings but they may be a few years away before growing big enough to sell.
All iris are freshly dug and packed with care to ensure they arrive healthy to your door.
We look forward to sharing our beautiful garden with you .
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Parts of an Iris Flower
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Standards (S)
The upturned three petals, (technically called sepals) that surround the three style arms.
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Falls (F)
The downturned three petals, (correctly called petals) that possess beards. These may also be horizontally flared or flat instead of downturned).
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Beards (B)
Elongate groups of fuzzy hairs in the middle at the upper base of all three falls.
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Space Age (SA)
Iris have something extra, beard appendages called horns, spoons or flounces.
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Spoons
Appendages extending from the tip of the beards that widen into spoon shaped petaloids.
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Horns
A protrusion or extension of the beards, often ending in a point or may be hair covered.
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Flounces
Wide, folded, often canoe or fan shaped appendages extending from the tips of the beards.
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Hafts
Areas on each side of the narrow of the falls, on each side of the beards.
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Shoulders
The areas on the arching upper middle part of the falls on each side just beyond the haft areas.
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Pistil
The style arms with stigmatic lips and the ovary. The female flower parts.
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Claw
The narrow base of the standard and fall, the expanded leaf-like part is called the blade.
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Ovary
The enlarged green, three-chambered structure enclosing the ovules where fertilization occurs.
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Spathes
The pair of modified green leaves that enclose the flower bud, usually turning tan after it blooms.
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Stamen
The anther plus its attachment filament. The anthers contain the granular pollen. The male flower parts.
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Rhizome
Brownish, potato-looking, fleshy root.
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Season of Bloom
VE = Very Early E = Early M = Midseason L = Late VL = Very Late
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Iris Classifications
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MEDIAN
All bearded iris classes (SDBs, IBs, BBs, and MTBs) between 20-70 cm .
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MDB
Miniature Dwarf Bearded are the tiniest of bearded irises, with height of up to 20 cm (8 inches). They are also the earliest to bloom. They are most effective in rock gardens or planted in drifts where they make a "carpet of color."
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SDB
Standard Dwarf Bearded iris are some of the most useful garden plants, ranging in height from 20 cm (8 inches) to 41 cm (16 inches). They begin their bloom as the MDBs are ending, still quite early in the iris season. They are best displayed in clumps where they give the effect of a "cushion" of individual blooms. The colors are nearly unlimited since the SDBs show all the different "spot patterns" of the miniatures, as well as the plicatas and pinks seen in the TBs.
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IB
Intermediate Bearded stand from 41 cm (16 inches) to 70 cm (27 1/2 inches) high, with their bloom season overlapping the SBDs and the TBs. Although the IBs show their dwarf ancestry in early bloom season and very interesting color patterns, they are large enough that their individual stalks may be nicely branched, forming an elegant bouquet. Some varieties are nicest in clumps, where they present a large amount of color (like the SDBs), while others are showiest in specimen plantings, where the stalks and individual blooms may be seen to best advantage.
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MTB
Minature Tall Bearded are distinguished by daintiness and delicacy. Height from 41 cm (16 inches) to 70 cm (27 1/2 inches). The blooms are smaller than on a BB and the stems are thin and wiry. An MTB clump looks like a cloud of butterflies. They are often called "Table Irises" because they are so well suited for arrangements.
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BB
Border Beardeds are essentially small versions of the TBs in the same height range and bloom size as the intermediates, but blooming with the tall beardeds. The earliest BB were sometimes Tall-bearded runts but good BBs should have a sense of proportion commensurate with there stature. Good BBs have round, ruffled petals that complement their small size.
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TB
Tall Bearded iris have stalks with a height of 70 cm (27 1/2 inches) and above, with branching and many buds. Each stalk, in itself, makes a stately arrangement in the garden or in a vase. In addition to a wide variety of colours and patterns, the TBs display other qualities (such as ruffling and lacing) more frequently than do the other classes.
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RE
Rebloomer- varieties that produce more than one crop of bloom stalks in a single growing season.
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HIS
Historic Iris cultivars are any iris introduced over 30 years ago.
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