Iris virginica, Southern Blue Flag, Quart pot - New for 2024
$8.00
Iris virginica, Southern Blue Flag
FS-PS, Zone 4, Blooms May to July, 3’ x 1-2’, Moisture Wet to medium, Deer resistant
The name Southern Blue Flag can be misleading because this plant is native to the northern midwest as well as the northeast. It grows in clumps that expand outwards through rhizomes. We have grown them at Detroit Abloom around our lower pond since 2018 and it has not spread aggressively at all. It will even grow in standing water.
The Southern Blue Flag Iris likes lots of sunlight and grows best in damp soil. It can handle some flooding in the spring and a bit of dryness in the late summer. Another name for it is Shreve's Iris
Bumble bees and long-horned bees pollinate Blue Flag. Butterflies visit it for nectar.
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