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Bella Sconosciuta

SKU 00263
€8,00
Price incl. IVA on plants (10%) €0,73
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Bella Sconosciuta
Product Details
Tall Bearded Iris/Iris Barbato Alto: Yes/si
Height/Altezza: 90cm
Flowering period/Periodo di fioritura: Early-mid-late/Precoce-media-tardiva
Perfumed/Profumato: Yes/si
Historic/Storiche: Yes/si
Colour Category/Categoria di colore: Blue/Azzurro; Cool colours/Colori freddi; Pastel colours/Colori pastelli
Style Category/Categoria di stile: Fresh/fresco
Growing conditions/condizione di coltivazione: Sunny, well drained/soleggiato, ben drenato
Hybridiser/Ibridatore: Salter 1859

This came to me from a reputable source identified as “Queen of May”, a very old variety, dating to 1859. However, we have recently discovered that it must have been misidentified and so, until we are able to find its real name we have dubbed it “Bella Sconosciuta”, meaning Unknown Beauty. It must be an old selection from Iris Pallida but is a great improvement in that each rhizome often produces more than one stem of sky blue flowers and each stem has many more buds than in the case of Iris pallida. As a result, the flowering is much prolonged. Excellent value for mass planting.


Questa mi è stata identificata da una fonte attendibile come “Queen of May”, una varietà molto antica, risalente al 1859. Tuttavia, abbiamo recentemente scoperto che deve essere stato identificato erroneamente e così, fino a quando non siamo in grado di trovare il suo vero nome lo abbiamo soprannominato “Bella Sconosciuta”. Deve essere un’antica selezione di Iris Pallida, ma è un grande miglioramento in quanto ogni rizoma spesso produce più di uno stelo di fiori azzurri e ogni stelo ha molti più boccioli rispetto al caso di Iris pallida. Di conseguenza, la fioritura è molto prolungata. Ottimo rapporto qualità-prezzo per la piantatura su larga scala.