Flowers for the garden
Iris cherepitchaty
Iris imbricata Lindl.
Family Cruciferae. Occurs on moist mountain meadows, on fairly humid (through-flow moisture) stony slopes, often along the steep banks of mountain streams in the southeastern regions of Transcaucasia, in northern Iran, at elevations of 800-2000 m above sea level.
Close to I. albertii. It differs from it by the fawn-yellow color of the flowers (rarely, plants with bluish flowers occur), by broader leaves with tips that do not wither during the growing season, and by boat-shaped, keeled perianth segments. 2n=24.
In many regions it is easily grown in cultivation both by introduction with rhizomes and by autumn sowing of seeds. In St. Petersburg it showed an increase in the number of flowers per scape to 9-12, high frost resistance (overwinters without cover), the ability to hybridize with other bearded iris species, but susceptibility to bacterial disease.
