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Iris domestica |
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| | 'Hello Yellow' |
| Synonym(s) |
Belamcanda chinensis |
| Common name |
blackberry lily |
| Family |
iridaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-10) |
| Flowers |
red-dotted orange (summer) |
| Size |
2-3' tall, 1-2' wide |
| Light |
full sun |
| Cultural notes |
average soil |
| Seed ripens | late September |
Flowers are followed by clusters of shiny black berries. Foliage is iris-like, stays nice through season. I'll probably always think of this as Belamcanda chinensis, but the taxonomists have decided it's an iris now. So be it. We always have the common speckled version; for a few years, it was joined by offspring of the 'Hello Yellow' cultivar, which stays smaller with bright creamy yellow flowers. That one didn't prove to be as long-lasting in our garden, though.
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| | Seed pods developing in early August |
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| | Black fruit still hanging on in November, illustrating how the common name for this plant came about. |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: back fence border, rock garden zone Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Iris domestica
Some particularly helpful links to other websites
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| ACWinOH | Oct 18, 2008 | Did not know this had been reassigned! Mine flower abundantly in partial sun and rebloom as long as I deadhead. They are new to me as of 06/2008 so don't know yet if they'll come back in my neck of the woods. I have the dotted ones, stripey ones and the solid colored ones. A nice variety in a bed with Asiatic Lilies, Trumpet Lilies and daylilies. - Carol |
- Gave 5w cold, then 70F, with G starting after 1d
- Seed for 'Hello Yellow' from '05 trade. Baggy 35F (4w) - 70F (65%G, 7-29d)
- Seed from '08 garden. Baggy 35F (4w) - 70F (3w; 5%G, 16d) - 75F (6d) - 70F (30%G, 3-6d)
- Seed from '08 garden. Baggy 70F (3w) - 75F (90%G, 7-22d).
Baggy 75F (6w) - 70F (20%G, 12-16d)
- Seed from '15 garden. Baggy 70F (45%G, 20-39d)
- Seed from '19 garden. Baggy 70F (38%G, 15-38d). Seeds germinating later and slowly developed weakly or not at all
Be patient with these - germination extends over several weeks. The brief warm period in 2009 may have contributed to a spurt of germination. The most recent attempts demonstrate that a cold stage is not required.
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