Pacific Coast Irises, Iris x pacifica

   The following irises were put into pots in September 2024, and will be offered for sale starting in January/February. The irises are currently in a greenhouse that is heated just enough to keep them above freezing. They are not the easiest plant to grow in a container.
   This page contains hybrids of irises that are native to northern California and southern Oregon. They are best grown in soil that is acid, such as soil amended with a generous amount of humus or well-rotted compost. Filtered light or partial shade is best in most gardens, especially when grown in climates different from their native range. Mulching during winter is recommended where winter climates are more severe.
 
Iris  pacific coast hybrids

Best grown in gardens along the Pacific Coast.

Iris 'Bay Street'

Iris 'Bay Street'

$11.95   Combining purple and cream in equal measure, with dark purple veins on creamy white falls. And it grows vigorously. This is one of Joseph Ghio's many lovely pacifica iris introductions, first offered in 2008.
Iris 'Blue a Fuse'

Iris 'Blue a Fuse'

$11.95   Bluish-purple edging to white flowers.
Iris 'Bonus Points'

Iris 'Bonus Points'

$12.95   A plicata of white with blue stitching, and dark purple styles in the center.
Iris 'Border Dispute'

Iris 'Border Dispute'

$12.95   A plicata of gold, edged in reddish-brown.
Iris 'Chualar'

Iris 'Chualar'

$12.95   Wine-rose blending to apricot-gold, with lighter styles of pale lavender-pink.
Iris 'Ciao'

Iris 'Ciao'

$11.95   A pure, solid gold that is ruffled.
Iris 'Filoli'

Iris 'Filoli'

$9.95   Very colorful in rich purple and lighter lilac. It is named for a famous garden in California.
Iris 'Going Bananas'

Iris 'Going Bananas'

$11.95   Creamy lemon yellow. The signals are a lighter thumbprint of cream on the falls.
Iris 'Idyllwild'

Iris 'Idyllwild'

$9.95   Combines falls of medium lavender-blue with a very ruffly center buff of lighter standards. The lavender-blue falls are colored lighter at their edges, and have a creamy center line. 'Idyllwild's' season extends later than most.
Iris 'Life Force'

Iris 'Life Force'

$12.95   Medium to light lavender-pink. Dark wine signals, and ruffled edges.
Iris 'Lines That Rhyme'

Iris 'Lines That Rhyme'

$11.95   Ruffled gold standards. Falls of brownish-red, highlighted with centers gold, purple and maroon.
Iris 'Marriage Proposal'

Iris 'Marriage Proposal'

$12.95   Dusky rose blended with amber on the falls. The standards and styles are a lighter creamy lavender-pink.
Iris 'Mission Hill'

Iris 'Mission Hill'

$11.95   A rich, strong gold on all parts, except a bit lighter near the base of the falls.
Iris 'Mixed Bag'

Iris 'Mixed Bag'

$11.95   The falls are lavender-rose. The flaring, upright standards are a contrasting cream, lightly touched in lavender.
Iris 'Ocean Blue'

Iris 'Ocean Blue'

$11.95   'Ocean Blue' is mostly a light lavender-blue, close to sky blue. Darker veins run through the falls and each has a golden signal at its base.
Iris 'Open Eyes'

Iris 'Open Eyes'

$12.95   The standards are reddish-brown, a color that Joe Ghio, its hybridizer, refers to as root beer. The falls are gold edged in the same root beer color, with purple signals at their base.
Iris 'Pacific Dome'

Iris 'Pacific Dome'

$12.95   Rich purplish-blue with darker veins. All parts of the flower are lightly edged in a frosty cream.
Iris 'Pretty Boy'

Iris 'Pretty Boy'

$11.95   Light peachy yellow with a dark maroon signal at the base of each fall. Ruffles on their edges.
Iris 'Silver Moon'

Iris 'Silver Moon'

$11.95   Ruffly flowers of cream to a very delicate lilac, blushed a bit darker towards the inner part of the falls. This is unregistered with the American Iris Society.
 
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Some of these additional Iris x pacifica will be available by the fall of 2025 and/or spring of 2026.

 
Iris 'Bar Code'

Iris 'Bar Code'

Iris 'Cashing In'

Iris 'Cashing In'

Iris 'Chemeketa'

Iris 'Chemeketa'

Iris 'Clarification'

Iris 'Clarification'

Iris 'Columbia Street'

Iris 'Columbia Street'

Iris 'Costanoa'

Iris 'Costanoa'

Iris 'Drip-Drop'

Iris 'Drip Drop'

Iris 'Fireflow''

Iris 'Fireflow''

Iris 'Firework Display'

Iris 'Firework Display'

Iris 'Follow the Money'

Iris 'Follow the Money'

Iris 'Life Force'

Iris 'Life Force'

Iris 'Mandalay Bay'

Iris 'Mandalay Bay'

Iris 'Masked Man'

Iris 'Masked Man'

Iris 'Sierra Azul'

Iris 'Sierra Azul'

Iris 'Sizzling Pitch'

Iris 'Sizzling Pitch'

Iris 'Star of Wonder'

Iris 'Star of Wonder'