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Iris

Iris ‘Katherine Hodgkin’

When I first saw this Iris flowering thirty years or more ago in Otto Fauser’s amazing garden I was thrown by its strange, slightly off colour tones, creamy sea green with powder blue feathering and a yellow throat. ‘Katherine Hodgkin’ is a hybrid between I. winogradowii, a, more...
One bulb for $8.00 each or 3 for $21.00

Iris reticulata
There can scarcely be a more beautiful winter flower than these iris which came originally from the wilds of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and the Caucasus. Given well drained soil, not too acid, (I add lots of lime to the soil before planting these bulbs) in a spot that dries out in, more...

Iris reticulata ‘Alida’

Iris reticulata ‘Alida’ has light blue flowers with soft yellow mark­ings.
3 bulbs for $9.00 or 10 for $25.00

Iris reticulata ‘Harmony’

Iris reticulata ‘Harmony’ has rich blue flowers with prominent yellow markings. One of the easiest and most beautiful.
5 bulbs for $8.00 or 25 for $35.00

Iris reticulata ‘J.S.Dijt’

Iris reticulata ‘J.S.Dijt’ has reddish purple flowers with yellow mark­ings on the falls. A beautiful little Iris.
3 bulbs for $9.00 or 10 for $25.00

Iris reticulata ‘Purple Gem’

Iris reticulata ‘Purple Gem’ has "Deep plum-purple flowers with lighter veining” Paghat’s Garden. Slim and refined in outline.
3 bulbs for $9.00 or 10 for $25.00

Ixia

New Ixias from Holland

A few years ago Lambley imported a selection of cut flower varieties of Ixia from Dutch bulb growers. They are all free flowering bulbs producing 50cm tall wiry stems covered with blooms. Happy in any sunny well drained position, drier rather than wetter, they will flower for, more...

Ixia ‘Blue Bird’

Ixia ‘Blue Bird’ is not white at all, but deep pink fading to blush towards the centre of the petal and with a maroon eye.
5 bulbs for $9.00 or 25 for $40.00

Ixia ‘Mabel’

Ixia ‘Mabel’ has deep purple-pink flowers with a darker eye.
5 bulbs for $9.00 or 25 for $40.00

Ixia ‘Venus’

This Ixia has good deep pink flowers.
5 bulbs for $9.00 or 25 for $40.00

Ixia dubia

This species from the South Western Cape of South Africa is one of the most beautiful of all Corn Lilies. Pink and lemon in bud, Ixia dubia opens soft yellow with a crimson-black centre. Each wiry stem carries up to ten flowers. It is in bloom for about a month from mid, more...
5 bulbs for $10.00 or 50 for $90.00

Ixia maculata - Orange Corn Lily

I grow a patch of these bright orange, black eyed flowered bulbs amongst Euphorbia nicaeensis in the dry garden. The flowers are produced several to each 40 cm tall wiry stems in spring. Ixia maculata is called Corn Lily because its flower buds resemble heads of wheat. Corn, more...
5 bulbs for $10.00 or 50 for $90.00

Ixia paniculata

This is one of my favourite South African bulbs. It grows about 40cm tall here at Lambley but can grow taller in more benign climates. Its wiry branching stem carries up to 20 cream coloured, crimson flushed flowers. The flowers have a very long perianth tube and is, more...
3 bulbs for $10.00

Ixia viridiflora - Duck Egg Blue Corn Lily

A tall growing Ixia with up to twenty duck egg blue black-eyed flowers on each 90cm tall stem. Prefers a sunny spot, and does best when it gets good spring rain. It prefers it dry in summer. Plant up to 30cm apart.
3 bulbs for $9.00 or 10 for $25.00