Iris germanica Dance Hall Dandy - Bearded Iris

The Iris germanica Dance Hall Dandy is a two-tone iris with pale pink standard petals and raspberry sepals. It has mandarin-colored beards.

Everyone knows Iris germanica, which has become internationally famous thanks to the paintings of Van Gogh and Monet. It owes its popularity to its unique design. Its wide, sword-shaped leaves contrast with crumpled, multicoloured flowers perched high up. The flowers have the particularity of forming three large upright ('standard') petals and three silky, trailing sepals, called "falls", at the top of which are fuzzy "beards". Their flowering lasts for a few weeks in May/June. This Iris has large, fleshy rhizomes that spread along the ground. It likes light, warmth, and light, well-drained soils. It is not afraid of cold or summer drought; its main enemy is humidity, especially in heavy soils. Stunning in a sunny flower bed, irises are also highly appreciated in flower arrangements.

Very resistant, irises should be exposed to full sun, in rather dry and well-drained soil.

Place the Dance Hall Dandy Iris in a flowerbed or border, alongside yarrows, alliums, stipas, Carex or Stachys byzantina. It is preferable to scatter them in groups of 3, or singly, rather than creating homogeneous iris beds.