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Pacific Coast Irises, Iris x pacifica

We offer potted plants of these irises for fall and spring planting. 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.

Best grown in gardens along the Pacific Coast.

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'

$11.95 Bluish-purple edging to white flowers.

Iris 'Ciao'

$11.95 A pure, solid gold, that is ruffled.

Iris 'Drip Drop'

$11.95 Three colors -- golden at the base, creamy white in the center and a wide splash of purple at the tips of the falls. With veins standing out in gold and purple.

Iris 'Going Bananas'

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

Iris 'Idyllwild'

$11.95 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 'Mandalay Bay'

$11.95 Ruffled and crimped flowers of bright yellow with cream at the base.

Iris 'Mixed Bag'

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

Iris 'Pretty Boy'

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

Iris 'Sierra Azul'

$11.95 Creamy white flowers with just a hint of very light blue towards the edge of the falls. Nicely ruffled.

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.

These additional Iris x pacifica will be available in the future.

Our mother plants are currently (spring 2024) in the ground. We're planning to divide and pot them up in late summer of 2024, and start offering by January of 2025. Not all, but many pictured here.