Iris cristata Sun It forms a tight immaculate

It forms a tight immaculate bun in Canterbury conditions

Photo by Boris Gaberšček

A very easy and rewarding alpine plant

Neat mounds of dark green foliage produce many globular

small  goblets in comparison to the huge standard autumn crocus which is really a colchicum

Iris cristata Sun It forms a tight immaculateWonderful plant. A member of the Crested Irises. It is a low growing, short stemmed and vey floriferous plant. Very pale blue. A native of North America where it grows in woods, along streams and rocky places. It is spectacular in flower in spring over a long timeframe. I have one in the full sun and one that is many years old in a dappled woodland setting in poor soil, beside a path, where is has formed an impressive spread mass of colour., Tidy