The original species of Siberian iris is in my opinion the most beautiful of that type. This beautiful plant was given to us many years ago by a friend of my grandma's who owns a botanical garden. I divided it a couple years ago; it is blooming profusely for the first time this year (it bloomed a LITTLE last year). The species forms attractive clumps that should be divided every 5 years or so to maintain vigour, and blooms in June with beautiful blue-violet flowers with silver and yellow marks. An established clump will produce 25 flowers or more. This one should make around 10-15 this year. This is my favorite iris species besides I. versicolor; I'm starting to really like I. setosa var. arctica, I. cristata, and I. reticulata. The species are way better than the hybrids, I think.
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