Flowers Starting with I

Home Types of Plants: The Four Major Classifications of Plants Types of Flowers

The joy of gardening is all about adding new flowering species to your garden, as there is always room for one more plant. So to ensure that you keep your garden looking great all year long, spice it up with new flower types – be it colorful perennials or flowering bulbs.

Having a variety of flowers provides a habitat for bees, butterflies, or tiny hummingbirds to promote pollination.

Here is the group of flowers starting with the letter I.

Iberis amara

Flower Type: Annuals/Perennials

Iberis amara is sometimes a wild ornamental annual plant that belongs to the Brassicaceae (mustard) family. Iberis amara is an annual flowering plant that can reach 40cm tall. Its flowers are 6-8mm in diameter and are white or pale purple.

Ice plant

Flower Type: Perennials

Perfect for rock gardens or sunny slopes, the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) quickly forms a low mat of lush foliage that adds interest and texture even when these succulent perennials aren't blooming. The ice plant grows 6 to 8 inches tall and produces bright purple, pink, or yellow flowers all summer.

Impatiens

Flower Type: Annuals/Perennials

As a classic annual shade garden, Impatiens have been a popular choice for a long due to their flowering power and a great variety of colors. It has been extensively crossed to produce many varieties that have flowers in a variety of shades, including white, orange, purple, lilac, red, rose, pink, and two-tone varieties.

Indian cane

Flower Type: Perennials

Indian cane (Saccharum officinarum) is a fast-growing species in the Poaceae (grass) of the genus Saccharum. It is better suited to dry conditions and poor soils. It is leafier, with thin, relatively complex red canes.

Indian cress

Flower Type: Annuals/Perennials

Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), also known as monks cress, nasturtium, or garden nasturtium, is a flowering plant species from the Tropaeolaceae family native to the Andes from Bolivia to Colombia. The short-lived perennial or easy-growing annual with disc-shaped foliage and bright orange or red flowers are cultivated, possibly origin hybrid.

Ipomoea

Flower Type: Annuals

Ipomoea belongs to a family of flowering plants known as Morning Glory, which are unruly vines. They have blue, purple, lavender, or pink flowers that fade at night and open every morning.

Iris

The beautiful and tall iris, named after the Greek goddess who rode the rainbow, is available in several magical colors. Notwithstanding its divine origins, this late bloomer is reliable, hardy, and easy to grow. Iris flowers are brown, blue, purple, pink, orange, yellow, lavender, and white.

Ivy

Flower Type: Perennials

Hedera helix, commonly known as English ivy, is an aggressive, vigorous, fast-growing enduring perennial primarily cultivated as a trailing ground cover or climbing plant. On the contrary, they form round - greenish umbrella-like clumps - white flowers in early autumn.

Japanese Chrysanthemum

Flower Type: Perennials

Chrysanthemum indicum is a perennial Japanese herb that can grow to 1-3 feet at maturity. Indian Chrysanthemum has over 10,000 varieties. The flowers are single and intensely fragrant. Chrysanthemum indicum is approved by NASA as a houseplant that can reduce air pollution.