 Iris japonica'Aphrodite' $7.95
- flowering season: spring
- height: 10 to 12 inches
- Light requirements: filtered light or shade
- Soil requirements: average, well drained
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: does not grow as a tight clump but has a running root; you may have to reset it every few years to keep it from moving away from the place where you want it
- How to propagate: dividing in early summer
- Leaf type: 1 or 1½ wide leaves of green and cream
- Ways to use it: brightens up a shady garden
- Special characteristics: delicate and beautiful flowers, several to a stem
From Japan, this woodland iris needs shade. Pale blue flowers, several to a stem open in spring. They are fringed and there are spots of orange and yellow dotted at the base of the falls. They are an inch to an inch and a half across and have something of an exotic look to them, a bit orchid-like. Plants will spread moderately by thin rhizomes. The leaves are equally streaked in green and cream. Height of the plant is ten to twelve inches. Hardy in USDA Zones 7-9, although it can grow as cold as Zone 5 in a protected location. It has been planted to good effect as a groundcover in some of the large greenhouses and conservatories of botanical and municipal gardens. |
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