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A PELARGONIUM ACHILLEA ACONITUM ACTAEA AGAPANTHUS AGASTACHE AGERATINA AJUGA ALCHEMILLA ALLIUM ALOE ALOYSIA ALSTROEMERIA AMARYLLIS ANEMANTHELE ANEMONE ANGELICA ANTHEMIS ANTHRISCUS AQUILEGIA ARMERIA ARTEMISIA ARUM ASARUM ASPHODELINE ASPLENIUM ASTER ASTILBE ASTRANTIA ATHYRIUM AURICULA BALLOTA BERGENIA BLECHNUM BLETILLA BOOKS BRIZA BRUNNERA CALAMAGROSTIS CALAMINTHA CALTHA CAMASSIA CAMPANULA CAREX CATANACHE CENTAUREA CENTRANTHUS CEPHALARIA CERATOSTIGMA CHOISYA CHRISTMAS GIFT CHRYSANTHEMUM CICHORUM CIRSIUM CONVALLARIA CONVOLVULUS COREOPSIS CORONILLA COSMOS CRAMBE CRASSULA CRINUM CROCOSMIA CYCLAMEN CYNARA DAHLIA DARMERA DELPHINIUM DESCHAMPSIA DIANTHUS DICENTRA DIERAMA DIETES DIGITALIS DODECATHEON DRYOPTERIS ECHEVERIA ECHINACEA ECHINOPS EPIMEDIUM ERANTHIS ERIGERON ERODIUM ERYNGIUM EUCOMIS EUPATORIUM EUPHORBIA EURYBIA FATSIA FESTUCA FOENICULUM FRANCOA FRITILLARIA FUCHSIA GALANTHUS GALIUM GALTONIA GAURA GERANIUM GEUM GIFT IDEAS GIFT IDEAS FOR PLANT LOVERS GILLENIA GUNNERA HAKONECHLOA HEBE HELENIUM HELIANTHEMUM HELIANTHUS HELLEBORUS HEMEROCALLIS HESPERANTHA HEUCHERA HEUCHERELLA HIPPEASTRUM HOSTA HYACINTHOIDES HYANCINTHOIDES HYLOTELEPHIUM IMPERATA INULA IRIS JASMINUM KIRENGESHOMA KNAUTIA KNIPHOFIA LAMIUM LAMPROCAPNOS LAVANDULA LEUCANTHEMUM LEUCOJUM LIATRIS LIBERTIA LIGULARIA LINARIA LIPPIA LOBELIA LONICERA LUPINUS LUZULA LYCHNIS LYSIMACHIA LYTHRUM MATHIASELLA MATTEUCIA MELIANTHUS MISCANTHUS MOLINIA MONARDA MORAEA MUKDENIA MUKGENIA MUSCARI NANDINA NARCISSUS NECTORSCORDUM NEMESIA NEPETA OPHIOPOGON ORIGANUM ORNITHOGALUM OSMUNDA OSTEOSPERMUM PACHYPHYTUM PAEONIA PANICUM PAPAVER PARAHEBE PELARGONIUM PENNISETUM PENSTEMON PEROVSKIA PERSICARIA PHLOMIS PHLOX PHYSOSTEGIA PLANT GIFT Plant Sales Nursery POLEMONIUM POLYGONATUM POLYSTICHUM POTENTILLA PRIMULA PUBLICATIONS PULMONARIA PULSATILLA RHEUM RODGERSIA ROMNEYA ROSCOEA ROSMARINUS RUDBECKIA SALVIA SANGUISORBA SARCOCOCCA SAXIFRAGA SCABIOSA SEDUM SELINUM SEMPERVIVUM SISYRINCHIUM STACHYS STIPA SYMPHYOTRICHUM TEUCRIUM THALICTRUM THE PLANTSMANS CHOICE THYMUS TIARELLA TRACHELOSPERMUM TRADESCANTIA TRICYRTIS TROLLIUS TULBAGHIA UVULARIA VALERIANA VERATRUM VERBASCUM VERBENA VERNONIA VERONICA VERONICASTRUM VINCA ZANTEDESCHIA
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African daisy African Lilly African Lily Alcazaar Allium Amaryllis Angel's Fishing Rod Angelica Angels Fishing Rods Arum lily Asian firethorn Astrantia auricula Autumn sage Baby sage Baby's breath Balken Clary Balm leaved dead nettle Baltic parsley Bamboo Baneberry Barrenwort Basil Bastard balm Bear's Breech Bearded iris Bellflower Bergamot Bindweed Bird's Nest Fern Bishop's Flower Black false hellebore Blanketflower Blantant Bleeding Heart Blue eyed Mary Blue mist Blue oat grass BLUE SHIMMER Blue Star Bluebell Bog sage Borage Bowman's Root Bridal Wreath Buckwheat Bugle Bugloss Burnet BUTO Button snakewort Californian Lilac Californian tree poppy Cappadocian navelwort Carnation Cat thyme Catmint Chanted Chantilly Chilean Iris Chinese bramble Chinese fountain grass Chinese meadow rue Christmas rose Chrysanthemum Clary Clematis CLOUD BALLET Clover Columbine Comfrey Common Chicory Common elder Common knapweed Common tansy Common violet Coneflower Coral flower Cornflower Cornish Lily Corydalis Cosmos Cotton lavender Cow Parsley Cranberry Ice Cranesbill Crown vetch Culver's foot Cupid's Dart Cyclamen Daffodil Dahlia Daphne Daylily Deutzia Digger's speedwell Dittany Dog violet Dog's Tooth Violet Dogwood Dominion Dyer's Chamomile Elephant ears Evening primrose Everlasting Sweet pea False dittany False Spirea Feather reed grass Featherleaf Fennel Fern Field rose Field scabious Flax Lily Fleabane Foamflower Forest grass Forest Lily. Kaffir Lily Foxglove Fringe cups Frost and Flame Fuchsia Genetian sage Genetian speedwell Gentian Geum Ghost Train Giant Fleabane Giant Hyssop Giant Rhubarb Giant scabious Globe Artichoke Globe Thistle Globeflower Goat's Rue Golden oat grass Golden rod Golden-eyed grass Grape Grape hyacinthe Great mullein Great Willowherb Gromwell Hare's foot fern Harts Tongue Fern Hassock grass Heavenly Bamboo Hellebore Hemp agrimony Holly olive Holyhock Honesty Honeyflower Honeysuckle Honeywort Horned pansy Hosta Houseleek Hyacinth Hydranga Hyssop INDIAN CHIEF Indian Mallow Ironweed Ivy Jacob's ladder Jacob's Rod Japanese Blood Grass Japanese Quince Japanese Roof Iris Japanese spurge Japanese water iris Juno Iris Kaffir Lily lacebark Lady Fern Lady's Mantle Lamb's tongue Larkspur Lavender Lawn lobelia Lemon verbena Leopard Plant Leopard's bane Lilac Lily Lily of the Valley Lily turf Lilyturf Linheimer's beeblossom Lobelia Long-leaved whorlflower Longleaf speedwell Loosestrife Lord's and Ladies Lungwort Lupin Maiden Grass Masterwort Mathiasella Meadow buttercup Meadow clary Meadow Rue Meadowsweet merrybells Mexican feather grass Mexican Orange blossom Michaelmas Daisy Milk parsley Millium Mint Miscanthus Mock orange Money Plant Monkshood Montbretia Moor grass Moss Phlox Mrs Horace Darwin Mukdenia N/A Nemesia New Zealnd Burr Ninebark NO SUB Nodding Sage Obedient plant Ola Kola Old Witch grass Onion Weed Oregano Ornamental Rhubarb Ox-eye Daisy Paeony Pansy Parsley Pasqueflower Passion flower Peacock Lily Pelargonium PELARGONIUM TORRENTO Penstemon Periwinkle Peruvian Lily Pheasant Grass Phlox Pineapple flower Pink greater burnet saxifrage Pittosporum Plumbago Plume poppy Poppy Potato vine Prairie mallow Primrose Purple sage Ragged Robin Red hook sedge Red hot poker Redvein Rock Cress Rock knotweed Rock Rose Rock weed Roscoea Rosemary Rough feather grass Royal fern Rue Russian hibiscus Russian sage Sage Salvia Sandwort Saxifrage Scabious Sea Holly Sea Kale Sea Lavender Sedge Serviceberry Shield Fern Shrubby Bindweed Shrubby cinquefoil Shrubby Veronica Shuutlecock Fern Siberian bugloss Siberian Iris Sicilian Chamomile Silk tassel bush Skimmia Skullcap Smoke Tree Snake's head Fritillary Sneezeweed Snowdrop Society garlic Soft sheild fern Solomon's seal Souvenir De Mme Gaudichan Spider lily Spindle tree Spiraea Spurge Star of Bethlehem Stinking Iris Stock Stonecrop sedum Storksbill Strawberry Summer Hyacinth Summer Snowflake Sunflower Sweet box Sweet Flag Sweet pea Sweet rocket Sweet violet Sweet woodruff Sword Lily Gladioli Thistle Thrift Thyme Tickseed Toad lily Toadflax Tobacco plant Toothed American Cowslip Torero Tree flax Tree Ivy Tree mallow Trumpet Vine Tufted fescue Tulip Turkish sage Twinspur Valerian Vervain Viburnum Virginia creeper Wakerobin Wallflower Weigela Welsh poppy White laceflower Whorled clary Widow Iris Wild Ginger Wild Hyacinth Wild indigo Willow leaved sunflower Windflower Winter aconite Winter Hazel Winter Jasmin Wintersweet Wisteria Witch Hazel Woodrush Wormwood Yarrow Yellow wax bells
IRIS Sinister Desire
Self. Scented. Black standards. Reddish black falls. Flowers late season. May-June. A good doer. Intermediate. Ht. 50cm. Sp. 50cm.
Paul Black 1988.
All bearded Iris require full sun and a well-drained soil. Plant rhizomes just proud of the soil level. For full details please visit our Iris Page
Bearded Irises are lifted and dispatched between July and October only . Orders can be placed any time of year when plants are available, however we will not dispatch your order until harvest time.
Plants arrive as bareroot rhizomes ready for planting.
£ 8.00
Plant Details: IRIS Sinister Desire
Plant:
IRIS
Variety:
Sinister Desire
Common name:
Bearded iris
Family:
Iridaceae
Origin:
Europe
Flower colour:
Black
Flower month:
May, Jun, Sep, Oct
Flower scent:
Sweetly
Foliage colour:
Green
Hardy:
Hardy
Soil type:
Dry Soil, Drought, Neutral, Alkaline
Aspect:
Sun
Evergreen:
Deciduous
Height:
90
Spread:
30
Flower type:
Single
Flower attribute:
Showy
Leaf colour:
Green
Seed month:
Jul, Aug
Seed colour:
Brown
Self:
YES
Plant breeder:
P Black
Winter grow conditions:
Outside
Container Compost:
Peat Substitute Compost
Year of introduction:
1988
Web rating:
Woottens Plants rating 8/10
Special uses:
Deer Proof, Rabbit Proof, Marine
Pot Size:
Bareroot
Sub Group:
Intermediate bearded
Dispatch Times
We aim to dispatch majority of orders within 5-7 working days
There are EXCEPTIONS during busy periods – please click here to find out about current dispatch times
Some plants are seasonal and only dispatched at certain times of the year. Including Pelargoniums, Auriculas and Irises click here for more details
Bareroot plants can take between 7-10 days before dispatch.
We only send plants of optimum quality therefore your delivery may be split and plants sent to follow later. Whilst we try and keep our website up to date inevitably during busy period’s plants may sell out.
Sometimes it is necessary to ‘cut back’ your plants for the good of the plants and to insure safe packing and arrival of your order. We only do this to herbaceous perennials that will rejuvenate stronger from the base.
If there are any problems with your order you will contacted via email or phone to discuss the order
Collections
Potted plants ordered for collection from the nursery can be ready 4 working days after the order has been placed.
Bareroot plants ordered for collection from the nursery can be ready 10 working days after the order has been placed
Collections can be picked up any day by appointment except Sunday.
Please specify which date you will be collecting on in the 'order notes' box at the checkout.
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