Iris willmottiana
Willmott's Juno
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Habit
- tuberous geophytePlants of the World Online
- Flower
- Pale lavender-blueRead from the photograph on this page
- Native range
- Kazakhstan, KirgizstanGBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Worth knowing
- Foster named it in 1901 after Ellen Willmott, a renowned gardener, because of her interest in irises; it is one of 60 or so plants named after her. Wikipedia: Iris willmottiana
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993Difficulty Moderate
Sow outdoors and leave it
Sown outdoors in March; up in April.
No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.
33% germination.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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