Japanese irises have large, almost flat flowers that can be up to 10 inches wide, blooming later in the season.

Wait until early next month to do the same for Siberian and Japanese irises.

Japanese irises with broad spreading petals in various shades of blue or purple.

Then the Japanese irises, as flat as plates.

The lovely Japanese irises are gone.

Japanese irises are ideal to frame the pond, but the same foliage effect can be achieved with many ornamental grasses.

Included in our range are ornamental grasses, topped off by Louisiana, Siberian and Japanese Irises.

The dominant color was pale yellow: thick pale yellow carpet, wallpaper strewn with delicate white Japanese irises.

Finish dividing and replanting bearded irises; start dividing Siberian and Japanese irises.

Continue to divide and transplant bearded irises, but hold off on dividing Siberian and Japanese irises until early August.

A weir and waterfall are bordered with primulas and lead into pools edged with hostas, astilbes, Japanese irises and azaleas.

Stones from the surrounding farmland are used for lining the waterways and for hand-made walls, with viewing portholes providing glimpses of Japanese irises and lupins beyond.

In late June come perhaps the most glorious of all, the Japanese irises (Iris ensata, formerly Iris kaempferi and still found under that name in some catalogues).

Letting Leaves Lie Q. I have Siberian and Japanese irises and day lilies in my garden in northern New Jersey.

Severely eroded hills have been restored and replanted with azaleas, pines and weeping cherries; the pond has been dredged, and soft ferns, dwarf bamboo and Japanese irises now edge its wide banks.

Mr. Pinfold, whose specialty is the hybridization of Siberian and Japanese irises, identified for Mr. Moll a small fragrant bush that grew near Mr. Moll's riverfront home in Brunswick, Me.

Iris laevigata, known as Japanese iris, rabbit-ear iris or kakitsubata, is a Japanese species of iris related to other members of Iris subgenus Limniris, including other species of Japanese irises.

I confess that I have not yet got around to growing Japanese irises (nor the spuria and the Louisiana irises that are on my list to explore in the future), but I love them for their names - sometimes in Japanese, like Gekke Ikan.