Iris germanica Don't Stop Believing - Tall Bearded Iris
Iris germanica Don't Stop Believing - Tall Bearded Iris
Iris germanica Don't Stop Believing
Bearded Iris
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Description
Iris ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ is a late-flowering, tall, and fragrant pink variety, award-winning in the United States for its garden performance. It beautifully concludes the season of tall bearded irises. Its long, well-branched stems bear several buds that bloom successively. Its colour is in a pastel range, but the flower is very well-shaped: it is wide, highly undulate, finely crimped, adorned with lovely mandarin beards with bluish lilac tips.
The tall garden irises or Iris germanica are bearded irises resulting from a long process of selection from rhizomatous irises. Iris × germanica refers to a natural hybrid between two European species, Iris pallida and I. variegata. Breeders have worked to obtain taller plants, larger flowers, more undulate petals, coloured beards, and better-branched stems.
This variety ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ reaches about 1.07 m in height when in flower. Its flowering occurs at the end of the tall bearded iris season, most often in June. The stems are robust and can bear up to 9 buds; the flowers do not all open at once, allowing the clump to remain decorative for longer. Each flower combines 3 upright petals of light pink with 3 wide horizontal sepals of milky white. The base and edge of the sepals take up the pink of the petals. Their edge is strongly undulate and crimped. The most singular detail lies in the beards: they are mandarin or salmon-coloured in the centre, but bluish lilac towards the tip. This small cool touch is clearly visible when observing the flower up close, for example to inhale its sweet fragrance.
'Don’t Stop Believing’ was bred in the United States by Thomas Johnson. It was registered in 2013 under seedling number TA80A, then introduced the same year by Mid-America Garden. Its parentage includes ‘Ballet Royale’, ‘Corps de Ballet’ and ‘Secret Affair’. This variety received an Honorable Mention from the American Iris Society in 2015, then an Award of Merit in 2017. It subsequently obtained the John C. Wister Medal in 2021, an award reserved for the best tall bearded irises.
Since iris ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ is tall and late-flowering, plant it in a large sunny border, leaving enough space around its rhizomes so that they remain in the sun. Plant it in groups of 3 rhizomes spaced 40 cm apart; the clump will be more generous after two or three years. You can alternate it with the blue variety ‘Friendly Seas’ and the white ‘Lark Ascending’. In the background, add a few small sun-loving shrubs, such as Salvia microphylla ‘Blue Note’ and Salvia greggii ‘Alba’.
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Iris
germanica
Don't Stop Believing
Iridaceae
Bearded Iris
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Plant the iris 'Don't Stop Believing' from July to October. Choose a very sunny position, with at least six hours of direct sunlight per day, as shade significantly reduces flowering. Plant it in fertile soil, neutral to lime-rich, especially well-drained; in clay soil, loosen thoroughly and add gravel or coarse sand to prevent stagnant water around the rootstock. Place the rootstock almost at the surface, with the upper side exposed to the sun, and bury only the roots. Space plants 30 to 40 cm apart. Water at planting time, then only during prolonged drought in the first year. Remove faded flowers, cut spent flower stalks at the base, and remove dry leaves at the end of winter.
Divide the rootstocks every three or four years in summer, when the centre of the clump produces fewer flowers.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.