Garden flowers / Plants: Iris flower photos & Iris flower pictures
Garden flower and plant: Iris flower
Common: Iris flower. Kingdom: Plantae. Division: Magnoliophyta. (unranked): Monocots. Order: Asparagales. Family: Iridaceae. Subfamily: Iridoideae. Tribe: Irideae. Genus: Iris
Irises are perennial herbs, Are wonderful garden plants. As the word Iris means rainbow, irises come in so many colors: blues and purples, whites and yellows, pinks and oranges, browns and reds, and even blacks. The genus Iris has about 200 species and is native of North Temperate regions of the world.
Today, the iris is the state flower of Tennessee, and the Fleur-de-lis is the emblem for the city of New Orleans. Irises are cultivated all over the world, and they can be found naturally in Europe, the Middle East, northern Africa, Asia, and North America.