Japanese iris
noun
: any of various beardless garden irises (especially Iris kaempferi) with very large showy flowers
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Unlike most rhizome irises, plant Japanese iris rhizomes vertically, with the growing point up.
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2025
The huge, May/June-blooming collection of Japanese iris shares the site with a lake stocked with all eight species of swans, including those native to Asia.
—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
There’s a shade garden behind a sitting area near the pond that’s filled with bleeding hearts, hostas and Japanese ferns, and a stretch of garden that runs along the pond that he’s left natural with Culver’s root, Joe Pye weed, Japanese iris and some cattails.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2025
The huge, May/June-blooming collection of Japanese iris shares the site with a lake stocked with all eight species of swans, including those native to Asia.
—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
There’s a shade garden behind a sitting area near the pond that’s filled with bleeding hearts, hostas and Japanese ferns, and a stretch of garden that runs along the pond that he’s left natural with Culver’s root, Joe Pye weed, Japanese iris and some cattails.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
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“Japanese iris.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Japanese%20iris. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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