To see a larger image, click the photo.
|
|
Alabama Blue Fin | Copeland, 2019 |
Spec-X, “Pseudata”, white blooms with a bright blue-violet halo. Blooms in June. Height: 38″ Zone 4-9 |
|
|
Iris japonica | Carl Peter Thunberg, 1794 |
Native to Asia. Many (20 plus) small 2″ pale blue-lavender blooms, opening a few at a time, on a multi-branched stalk 18 to 24 inches. Needs afternoon shade and loose humus-rich soil where it will become a ground cover. Evergreen foliage shows freeze damage at 25 F. Blooms in early spring. Can also be grown in a container and brought indoors to protect from hard freezes. Zone 8-9 |
|
|
‘Roy Davidson’ | Hager, 1987 |
Spec-X, 36″-42″ tall with many 3″ gold flowers. Grow in shallow water or a moist garden setting. Zone 3? 4-9 |
|
|
Iris setosa ‘Aaron’s Blue’ | Lecomte, 2018 |
Native to northern North America and northern Asia. Requiring moist rich composted soils slightly acidic. Full sun in maritime areas, afternoon shade elsewhere (grow as Iris ensata). 24-25 inches tall many violet blooms held with near-black spathes. Needs a winter’s chill, Zone 3-8 |
