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Iris cristat
This perennial is a fragrant flower with golden crested pale blue/violet flowers. Each sepal on the flower has a crested ridge (beard) along a purple striped band. The short stems and large flowers make an ideal ground cover with blue/violet flowers resting on beds of narrow, sword shaped green leaves. Valuable to the gardener as a showy understory, woodland, edging plant or in a rock garden. Tends to form dense colonies and can be used to replace nonnative invasives such as vinca, ajuga and liriope in the landscape. It is a Northeastern U.S. native
Height: 6”
Spread: ½” - 1’’
Pot size: 1 qt
Bloom time: April, May
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Moisture: Moist
Attracts: Hummingbirds, bees, butterflies
Deer resistant: Yes
Companion plants: Woodland phlox , foamflower, coral bells, Christmas fern, spotted geranium , fringed bleeding heart
Photo: Glover Perennials
Iris cristat
This perennial is a fragrant flower with golden crested pale blue/violet flowers. Each sepal on the flower has a crested ridge (beard) along a purple striped band. The short stems and large flowers make an ideal ground cover with blue/violet flowers resting on beds of narrow, sword shaped green leaves. Valuable to the gardener as a showy understory, woodland, edging plant or in a rock garden. Tends to form dense colonies and can be used to replace nonnative invasives such as vinca, ajuga and liriope in the landscape. It is a Northeastern U.S. native
Height: 6”
Spread: ½” - 1’’
Pot size: 1 qt
Bloom time: April, May
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Moisture: Moist
Attracts: Hummingbirds, bees, butterflies
Deer resistant: Yes
Companion plants: Woodland phlox , foamflower, coral bells, Christmas fern, spotted geranium , fringed bleeding heart
Photo: Glover Perennials