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Pacific Coast Irises, Iris x pacifica

The earliest these can be sent for spring 2026, is late February or early March.
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 'Bar Code'

$14.95 (Ghio '04) White lined with purple edges on falls. And it grows vigorously. This is one of Joseph Ghio's many lovely pacifica iris introductions.
Tied for the 2011 Sydney B. Mitchell Medal, the highest award for Pacific Coast irises.

Iris 'Bay Street'

$14.95 (Ghio '08) White ground with purplish blue wash and lining overall, and slightly darker signal. Semi-flaring wavy form. Blooms a long time and vigorous.
2015 Mitchell Medal

Iris 'Blue a Fuse'

$11.95 (Ghio '15) White with dotted blue signal and blue styles.

Iris 'Bonus Points'

$14.95 (Ghio '09) A plicata of white with blue stitching, and dark blue styles in the center.

Iris 'Border Dispute'

$15.95 (Ghio '14) A gold based plicata, with reddish brown edging.

Iris 'Cashing In'

$14.95 (Ghio '08) Wide, overlapping bright gold self.

Iris 'Chemeketa'

$14.95 (Ghio '13) Rustic shades of rose and henna. Rose signal.

Iris 'Chualar'

$13.95 (Ghio '11) Wine-rose blending to apricot-gold, with lighter styles of pale lavender-pink.

Iris 'Ciao'

$14.95 (Ghio '99) A pure non-fading solid gold that is ruffled. Vigorous.

Iris 'Clarification'

$13.95 (Ghio '09) Rosy wine orchid self with very ruffled styles.

Iris 'Drip Drop'

$13.95 (Ghio '00) A white ground plicata in three colors -- golden signal, creamy white in the center and a wide splash of purple at the tips of the standards and falls. With veins standing out in gold and purple.

Iris 'Filoli'

$11.95 Very colorful in rich purple and lighter lilac. It is named for a famous garden and estate in Woodside, California (about 25 miles south of San Francisco).

Iris 'Fireflow''

$15.95 (Ghio '08) Ruffled flowers of a very dark blood red surrounding a golden center. The petals and sepals are partially edged in a thin line of gold.

Iris 'Going Bananas'

$15.95 (Ghio '10) Creamy lemon yellow. The signals are a lighter thumbprint of cream on the falls.
2022 Mitchell Medal

Iris 'Idylwild'

$11.95 (Ghio '87) 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. 'Idylwild's' season extends later than most.
1996 Mitchell Medal

Iris 'Life Force'

$15.95 (Ghio '06) Medium to light lavender-pink. Dark wine signals, and pie crust ruffling.

Iris 'Line Drawing'

$14.95 (Ghio '09) White ground, with purple styles and blue stitching on fall edges.
2021 Mitchell Medal

Iris 'Lines That Rhyme'

$14.95 (Ghio '03) Gold plicata with reddish brown veining and dotting. We thank Richard Berenter of San Rafael, California for giving us this plant, as well as several others on this list.
2013 Mitchell Medal

Iris 'Mandalay Bay'

$13.95 (Ghio '08) Ruffled and crimped flowers of bright yellow with cream at the base.

Iris 'Marriage Proposal'

$15.95 (Ghio '03) Dusky rose with undulating ruffles.

Iris 'Mixed Bag'

$11.95 (Ghio '05) The falls are lavender-rose. The flaring, upright standards are a contrasting cream, lightly touched in lavender.

Iris 'Ocean Blue'

$11.95 (Ghio '03) White ground washed and lined overall with mid-blue.
2012 Mitchell Medal

Iris 'Open Eyes'

$16.95 (Ghio '11) 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'

$16.95 (Belardi '06) Bubbly blue with a purple cast, lightening at the edges.

Iris 'Pretty Boy'

$13.95 (Ghio '01) Peach self with ruffled edges and small maroon signals.

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. The first of the irises on this page to begin blooming in spring, and very strong growing.

Iris 'Sizzling Pitch'

$14.95 (Ghio '08) Dark red standards and falls lightening in a thin line along the edges, and with ochre styles.

Iris 'Star of Wonder'

$14.95 (Ghio '02) Brandy apricot with mnahogany shadings.
Tied for the 2011 Sydney B. Mitchell Medal.

Iris 'Wilder Ranch'

$16.95 (Ghio '13) Reddish brown at the tips of the falls, morphing to gold and cream, with wavy edges and neon violet signals. The standards and styles are a light henna and ruffled.
2025 Mitchell Medal

3½ x 3½ x 5-inch pot

This is the pot size that the Pacific Coast irises have been growing in that are being offered for spring delivery. The pot is 3½" x 3½" x 5".

Some of these additional Iris x pacifica will be available by the fall of 2026.

Iris 'Cheddar Cheese'

(Ghio '17) Cheddar gold standards and styles. Falls are the same cheddar gold around thumbprints of cream and violet at the base of the petals. Triangle form and pie crust ruffling.