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- 1989, Ann Lovejoy, The Year in Bloom [1]
- Is there anything more spectacular than the bearded iris in their short season?
- 1996, Katherine Grace Endicott, Northern California Gardening [2]
- Tall bearded iris are in bloom now.
- 2004, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, A Garden for Life [3]
- The bulbous iris are important because their early flowers provide a food source for bees and early flying insects.
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- 1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
- In colour the irides are straw-yellow, the pupils black; forehead, nape, and back, very dark bluish-black; [...]
- 1989, Robert S Ridgely, The Birds of South America [4]
- As in the caciques, bills are sharply pointed and pale, while irides are usually pale blue.
- 2001, John V Forrester et al., The Eye [5]
- Later in life brown irides are the result of heavily pigmented melanocytes within the stroma.
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- 1987, Pamela Harper, Frederick McGourty, Perennials [6]
- Tall bearded irises are easy to grow but not always easy to grow well.
- 2000, Kevin C Voughn, Louisiana Iris [7]
- Most iris lovers feel that Louisiana irises are now large enough.
- 2002, John E Bryan, Bulbs [8]
- All these irises are sold as dry, dormant bulbs in fall.
