Iris germanica Synergy - Bearded Iris
Iris germanica Synergy - Bearded Iris
Iris germanica Synergy
Bearded Iris
Special offer!
Receive a €20 voucher for any order over €90 (excluding delivery costs, credit notes, and plastic-free options)!
1- Add your favorite plants to your cart.
2- Once you have reached €90, confirm your order (you can even choose the delivery date!).
3- As soon as your order is shipped, you will receive an email containing your voucher code, valid for 3 months (90 days).
Your voucher is unique and can only be used once, for any order with a minimum value of €20, excluding delivery costs.
Can be combined with other current offers, non-divisible and non-refundable.
Home or relay delivery (depending on size and destination)
Schedule delivery date,
and select date in basket
This plant carries a 12 months recovery warranty
More information
We guarantee the quality of our plants for a full growing cycle, and will replace at our expense any plant that fails to recover under normal climatic and planting conditions.
Does this plant fit my garden?
Set up your Plantfit profile →
Description
The iris ‘Synergy’ is an intermediate bearded iris with a rare colour, multicoloured, combining shades of pinkish chamois, lilac-pink, purplish-pink and orange-red. Its subtly dotted flower overlays warm, slightly coppery tones. In the centre, bright orange beards set on a cream zone enhance the overall effect. This variety will fit into a spring border in soft, smoky or purplish tones.
From the Iridaceae family, the iris germanica 'Synergy' is an intermediate bearded iris: its flowering stem measures 60-64 cm tall and it blooms slightly earlier than the tall bearded iris. This mid-season variety blooms in May. The stems bear several buds that open one after another, from top to bottom. It is a perennial whose fleshy rootstocks, horizontal, lengthen and multiply at the periphery of the stump. The leaves, glaucous green, are arranged in a fan. They disappear more or less during winter depending on the climate. The flower of ‘Synergy’ features a plicata-luminata pattern. In irises, a plicata has a light background marked by a stronger colour in the form of a border, dots, streaks or edge. A luminata also has a light background, but the colour appears more as a veil, with a lighter zone around the beard and veins often paler than the rest of the flower. The term plicata-luminata therefore designates a flower that combines these two effects: a light background, coloured markings on the sepals, but also a lightened throat that gives a brighter appearance.
In ‘Synergy’, the three upright petals are pinkish chamois to light pinkish brown, with a centre slightly washed with rosy lilac. The three trailing sepals take up this chamois base, but with a more pronounced purplish-pink veil. Their edge lightens, while the shoulders show fine darker dots. The style arms are peachy chamois. The beards are orange-red to burnt tomato red, clearly visible on a cream zone at the throat. The flower is moderately undulate, colourful enough to stand out in a border, but less massive than a tall bearded iris. Remove faded flowers as they appear, then cut down the stem once the last bud has bloomed.
'Synergy’ is a creation of Keith Keppel, registered in 2003 and introduced in 2004. Its seedling number is 98-70E. It is the result of a cross-breeding between ‘Fancy Woman’ and ‘Brash’. This variety received an Honorable Mention from the American Iris Society in 2007.
You can plant this intermediate bearded iris ‘Synergy’ in a sunny border or on a slope. It pairs well with two border irises: ‘En Ébullition’, white veined with lavender, and ‘Bullwinkle’, yellow edged with burgundy. Add a 'black' touch with the tulip single late ‘Queen of the Night’, add a touch of orange-red with the tulip single late ‘Avignon’. All these plants bloom in May.
Flowering
Foliage
Plant habit
Botanical data
Iris
germanica
Synergy
Iridaceae
Bearded Iris
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Plant the iris 'Synergy' from July to October, when the rootstock can root before winter, or in spring in heavy soils that remain wet in autumn. Choose a very sunny site, with at least six hours of direct sun per day. Prepare a light, loose, fairly rich soil, neutral to alkaline or slightly acidic, but above all well-draining. In clay soil, plant on a slight mound and mix gravel or coarse sand into the planting soil. Place the rootstock almost at the surface, with its back visible to the sun, then cover only the roots. Water after planting, then only during prolonged droughts in the first year. Remove faded flowers as they appear. Cut the flowered stems at the base, but keep healthy leaves until they yellow. Apply some well-rotted compost in spring, around the clump, without covering the rootstocks. Divide the clumps every three or four years, in summer, when the centre flowers less.
Planting period
Intended location
Care
Planting & care advice
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
This item has not been reviewed yet - be the first to leave a review about it.
Recently viewed products
Haven't found what you were looking for?
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).
Photo Sharing Terms & Conditions
In order to encourage gardeners to interact and share their experiences, Promesse de fleurs offers various media enabling content to be uploaded onto its Site - in particular via the ‘Photo sharing’ module.
The User agrees to refrain from:
- Posting any content that is illegal, prejudicial, insulting, racist, inciteful to hatred, revisionist, contrary to public decency, that infringes on privacy or on the privacy rights of third parties, in particular the publicity rights of persons and goods, intellectual property rights, or the right to privacy.
- Submitting content on behalf of a third party;
- Impersonate the identity of a third party and/or publish any personal information about a third party;
In general, the User undertakes to refrain from any unethical behaviour.
All Content (in particular text, comments, files, images, photos, videos, creative works, etc.), which may be subject to property or intellectual property rights, image or other private rights, shall remain the property of the User, subject to the limited rights granted by the terms of the licence granted by Promesse de fleurs as stated below. Users are at liberty to publish or not to publish such Content on the Site, notably via the ‘Photo Sharing’ facility, and accept that this Content shall be made public and freely accessible, notably on the Internet.
Users further acknowledge, undertake to have ,and guarantee that they hold all necessary rights and permissions to publish such material on the Site, in particular with regard to the legislation in force pertaining to any privacy, property, intellectual property, image, or contractual rights, or rights of any other nature. By publishing such Content on the Site, Users acknowledge accepting full liability as publishers of the Content within the meaning of the law, and grant Promesse de fleurs, free of charge, an inclusive, worldwide licence for the said Content for the entire duration of its publication, including all reproduction, representation, up/downloading, displaying, performing, transmission, and storage rights.
Users also grant permission for their name to be linked to the Content and accept that this link may not always be made available.
By engaging in posting material, Users consent to their Content becoming automatically accessible on the Internet, in particular on other sites and/or blogs and/or web pages of the Promesse de fleurs site, including in particular social pages and the Promesse de fleurs catalogue.
Users may secure the removal of entrusted content free of charge by issuing a simple request via our contact form.
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.