Iris virginica ~ Southern Blue Flag

Iris virginica ~ Southern Blue FlagSouthern Blue Flag is a native wetland perennial with a clumping habit and long overlapping fanning sword like blue green foliage. The rigid sturdy stalks that grow from the center of the plant are topped by flowers with shade ranges from pale lavender to violet crested with white and yellow that bloom in late spring, attracting bees. Flowers best in full sun and boggy, slightly acidic, water retentive soils. Type: Perennial Origins: Southeast N.

Southern Blue Flag is a native wetland perennial with a clumping habit and long overlapping fanning sword-like blue-green foliage.  The rigid sturdy stalks that grow from the center of the plant are topped by flowers with shade ranges from pale lavender to violet crested with white and yellow that bloom in late spring, attracting bees.  Flowers best in full sun and boggy, slightly acidic, water-retentive soils.  

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  No serious pests or diseases.  Prefers boggy soils but can grow in average garden soils if kept consistently moist.  

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Ponds and Streams, Naturalized Areas, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Spiderwort, Coral Bells, Daylily

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown