Dwarf species iris
The earliest flowering species with canary-yellow flowers

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: Feb
Height: to 10cm
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

RHS AGM Dwarf species iris
Richly coloured violet flowers with darker blotch on falls, standards are streaked white with orange crest.

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: Feb- Mar
Height: to 15cm
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

Dwarf species iris
Low growing, compact mid blue flowers exquisitely marked white feathering on the falls.

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: February
Height: to 10cm
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

Dwarf species iris
Rich violet-blue standards with deeper blue and yellow falls

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: ~March 
Height: to 6in (15cm) 
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

Dwarf species iris
The erect standards are light purplish-blue with slightly darker veins and spotting. Light purplish-blue grey falls with a central line of almost orange-yellow surrounded by a broken white patch, spotted medium blue.
Leaves hardly showing at flowering time

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: February
Height: 15cm 
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

Soft sky blue with white markings on falls.

Bulb Size: 6/+
Flowering: Feb-Mar
Height: to 15cm
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun

New Alan McMurtrie hybrid (see reticulata.com)
Eye-catching! White standards marked in a dark and light blue, with dark blue spotting and a yellow stripe on the white falls

Bulb size: 6/+
Flowers: Feb-Mar
Height to: 15cm / 6”

Dwarf species iris
Pale blue flowers with deeper blue falls

Bulb Size: 6/+cm
Flowering: Feb-Mar
Height: 15cm
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

RHS AGM Dwarf species iris
Fine creamy white flowers overlaid with azure and light yellow on the falls  An unusual hybrid between Iris histrioides and Iris winogradowii.

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: February
Height: to 15cm
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

Dwarf species iris
Cream- white standards with golden yellow and blue speckled and veined light yellow falls

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: April 
Height: to 6in (15cm) 
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

Dwarf species iris
Ivory-white with pale blue and lilac striping on standards and falls

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: March 
Height: to 8in (20cm) 
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

Dwarf species iris
Darkest purple and purple-pink flowers with a white blotch

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: February
Height: 10cm
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

RHS AGM Dwarf species iris
Early flowering with rich blue flowers appearing from late winter onwards.

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: February
Height: to15cm
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

New selection with dark blue falls with white feathering and a yellow crest, and paler blue standards

Bulb Size 6/+ cm
Flowering: February
Height: 15cm

A sport of Katherine Hodgkin with white flowers and soft blue on the falls

Bulb Size 6/+ cm
Flowering: February
Height: 15cm

New Alan McMurtrie hybrid (see reticulata.com)
Scented. A fluorescent mix of blue and purple

Bulb size: 6/+
Flowers: Feb-Mar
Height to: 15cm / 6”

Dwarf species iris
An Alan McMurtrie hybrid. White with a blue base, falls yellow and soft blue

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: Feb - Mar 
Height: to 6in (15cm) 
Position: Best in a well drained position in sun.  Front of border, rock garden, containers

New Alan McMurtrie hybrid (see reticulata.com)
Rich violet with heavily marked white falls with a distinct orange blotch

Bulb size: 6/+
Flowers: Feb-Mar
Height to: 15cm / 6

New Alan McMurtrie hybrid (see reticulata.com)
Large clear yellow flowers

Bulb size: 6/+
Flowers: Feb-Mar
Height to: 15cm / 6”

New Alan McMurtrie hybrid (see reticulata.com)
Clear pure white with a yellow mark on the falls. Very vigourous.

Bulb size: 6/+
Flowers: Feb-Mar
Height to: 15cm / 6”

Syn Muscari paradoxa / Bellevalia pycnantha
Matt dark navy-blue open bell shaped flowers with a greenish interior in a short spike on a good stem.

Bulb Size: 7/+
Flowering: March
Height: to 30cm
Position: Full sun in well drained soil

Syn Muscari pycnantha / Bellevalia paradoxa
Dusky jade green Flowers: fading to white, over strappy foliage

Bulb size: 6/+
Flowers:  March
Height to: 30cm / 12”
Position: Full sun in well drained soil

White brown flower cones

Bulb size: 7/+
Flowers March
Height to 25cm / 10”
Position: Full sun in well drained soil

RHS AGM Grape Hyacinth. 
Vigorous spring bulb with narrow leaves and dense heads of small tubular, bright cobalt blue flowers with constricted white mouths. Will spread and naturalise by seed and offsets

Bulb Size: 10/+cm
Flowering:  April 
Height: to 20cm
Position: Open garden, containers, bedding, even in shade

Large blue flower spikes with flowers darkening from the top, and contrasting bright white edges (eyes) to the lower flowers, Very arresting. Readily naturalising

Bulb size: 8/9
Flowering: March-April
Height: to 12in (30cm)

Muscari armeniacum 'Peppermint'.

Dense spikes of soft blue fading to white at the apex. Readily naturalising.
Height: to 6in (15cm)
Bulb size: 9/+
Flowering: March-April

Fragrant spikes of varying blue with a white apex. Readily naturalising

Bulb size: 8/9
Flowering: March-April
Height: to 8in (20cm)

Spikes of good pure white flowers on strong stems

Bulb Size: 8/+
Flowering: April
Height: to 15cm
Position: Full sun in well drained soil

A dwarf, compact hybrid with pure, pale powder blue flowers. Slightly fragrant.

Bulb Size: 9/+ cm
Flowering:  April- May
Height: to 20cm+

Smaller leaved species, Spikes of blue flowers, with white rims on older flowers. Gently naturalising.

Height: to 6in (15cm)
Bulb size: 9/+
Flowering: April/May

Smaller leaved species, This selection with spikes of dark blue flowers transforming through light blue to white at the apex. Gently naturalising.

Height: to 6in (15cm)
Bulb size: 9/+
Flowering: April/May

Smaller leaved species, Spikes of greenish buds opening to clear white flowers. Gently naturalising.

Height: to 6in (15cm)
Bulb size: 9/+
Flowering: April/May

Compact heads of powder blue with darker blue highlights

Bulb size: 6/+
Flowers: March
Height to: to 6in (15cm)

Erect narrow leaves and racemes of fragrant pure white flowers. 

Bulb Size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: April-May
Height: to 20cm+

Tassel Hyacinth. Syn Leopoldia comosa
Like a bunch of purple grapes with a tasselled head-dress of tall slim deep violet flowers.

Bulb size: 6/+
Flowers: March
Height to: 25cm / 10”

RHS AGM  Broad leaved Grape Hyacinth
Small dense flowerheads with a two-tone effect, having very dark violet-purple lower flowers and paler, blue, sterile flowers above.
Having only one or occasionally two, semi-erect lance-shaped leaves encircling the stem at the base. 

Bulb Size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: April-May 
Height: to 25cm+

A new taller grape hyacinth with a white pompom apex and graduated white to beautiful icy blue florets at the base

Bulb Size: 9/+
Flowering: April-May
Height: to 15cm

RHS AGM . Syn Muscari ‘Jenny Robinson’
Pale ice blue flowers on strong stems.

Bulb Size: 8/+
Flowering: April-May
Height: to 15cm
Position: Full sun in well drained soil