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Iris germanica Wrangler - Bearded Iris

Iris germanica Wrangler
Bearded Iris

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This variety offers very undulate flowers in May, in a combination of purplish red, deep purple and medium violet. The upright petals are purplish pink, the violet sepals have brown-red shoulders and a brown-red border, the beards are brown. This Intermediate Iris blooms in May on 63 cm stems.
Height at maturity
63 cm
Spread at maturity
40 cm
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -18°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil
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Best planting time July to October
Recommended planting time February to April, September to November
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Description

The intermediate iris ‘Wrangler’ is a variety with shades of purplish pink leather, brown, and medium purple. Its name evokes the American West, and its flower gives this impression of robust, slightly earthy colours. In a border, it is combined with off-whites, purples, and blue-grey foliage.

This iris belongs to the Iridaceae family. Iris germanica 'Wrangler' is an intermediate bearded iris: it is taller than a dwarf iris, flowers later, but is shorter than a tall garden iris. Its flower stem reaches 60 to 63 cm and it flowers in May, mid-season. On this stem, several buds open one after the other, from top to bottom. Its vegetation consists of thick, horizontal rhizomes, visible at the soil surface, and upright leaves of a slightly glaucous green, arranged in a fan. The stump gradually widens. The foliage is more or less deciduous or evergreen depending on the region.
The flower of ‘Wrangler’ is dark bicolor, it displays two distinct main colours. The three upright petals are a deep purplish pink, a warm shade with mahogany brown highlights. The three trailing sepals are medium purple. Their shoulders are the same purplish pink as the petals, as is the edge of the sepals. The beards are brown. In the centre of the flower, the style arms are yellow, traversed and crested with purple. The entire corolla is beautifully undulate.

'Wrangler' is an introduction by Harold Stahly, registered and introduced in 1997 under seedling number 93-1. It results from a cross between ‘Woodward Centennial’ and ‘Plum Perfect’. This variety received an Honorable Mention from the American Iris Society in 2000.

You can combine iris ‘Wrangler’ with white, wine-red or blue-grey flowers, but avoid groundcover plants that compete with its rhizomes and deprive them of sunlight. Place Iris ‘Ré La Blanche’ behind it if you want a bright white. The lily-flowered tulip ‘Lasting Love’, the white pink Dianthus plumarius ‘Devon Dove’ and the Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ enhance its red-brown and purple tones.

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Garden iris, bearded iris: planting, care
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by Virginie T. 13 min.
Garden iris, bearded iris: planting, care
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Flowering

Flower colour pink
Flowering time May

Foliage

Foliage persistence Semi-evergreen
Foliage colour medium green

Plant habit

Height at maturity 63 cm
Spread at maturity 40 cm
Growth rate normal

Botanical data

Genus

Iris

Species

germanica

Cultivar

Wrangler

Family

Iridaceae

Other common names

Bearded Iris

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference26085

Planting and care

Plant the iris ‘Wrangler’ from July to October, when the rootstock can root before winter, or in spring in heavy soils that stay wet in autumn. Choose a very sunny position, with at least six hours of direct sunlight a day. Prepare a light, loose, rather rich soil, neutral to lime-bearing or slightly acidic, but above all well-drained. 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 the 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 spent flower stalks at the base, but keep the healthy leaves until they turn 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

Best planting time July to October
Recommended planting time February to April, September to November

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery
Type of use Border, Edge of border, Slope
Hardiness Hardy down to -18°C (USDA zone 7a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Amateur
Planting density 5 per m2
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Silty-loamy (rich and light), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Dry soil well-drained, fairly rich

Care

Pruning instructions Cut off the faded flower stalks.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time May
Disease resistance Good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground

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