Description
Unusual buds.
Large purple blooms with mottled buds appear in spring on short stems. This very reliable, slowly bulking up in free draining soils ideally in the alpine container or garden. Best planted in a sunny position.
Flowering: Spring
Hardiness: Hardy
Height: 5cm
Spread: 15cm
Common Name:
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Iridaceae
Foliage: linear
Basic Colour: ( purple )
Flower Colour: purple / yellow
Natural Flowering: February – March
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 5cm
Soil Requirements: well-drained / average / dry
Soil ph: acid / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / rock garden
Usage: ornamental
Pruning: leave to self seed
Tolerates: deer tolerance / rabbit tolerance / salt tolerant
Origin: Europe
Carol Madden (verified owner) –
Jackie Taylor (verified owner) –
I have already let you know that all the compost fell out when I unpacked it as it had been laid on its side. I’m hoping it will recover. On the whole I wasn’t very happy with the packaging. It was very wet and disintegrated when handled.
Wendy Rowden (verified owner) –
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Steve Vincent (verified owner) –
Janet Jeffries (verified owner) –
See below
Simon Heyward (verified owner) –
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Sarah P. (verified owner) –
Good healthy plant
Patricia Cash (verified owner) –
Sarah P. (verified owner) –
Dormant on arrival looking forward to seeing it flower
Johnnie Carslake (verified owner) –
Can’t comment plant dormant
Sian Bewick (verified owner) –
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Fatima Araujo (verified owner) –
Steve Sinnott (verified owner) –
This is a beautiful plant with an eyecatching flower.
Vivienne (verified owner) –
Hilary (verified owner) –
Recent purchase. Looks happy in trough.
Geoff Bennett (verified owner) –
Andrew G. (verified owner) –
Well packaged and on excellent condition
Ann Armstrong (verified owner) –
Jackson B. (verified owner) –
Trevor (verified owner) –
Excellent plant
Jane S. (verified owner) –
hasn’t stopped flowering since receipt
Martin C. (verified owner) –
Ray Curtis (verified owner) –
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Kate F. (verified owner) –
Plant dormant so unable to comment until it appears but confident if the quality of the other plants from this company are to go by.
David Orwin (verified owner) –
Philip (verified owner) –
All plants arrived quickly, well protected and a now planted.
Beth Costes (verified owner) –
Gwen B. (verified owner) –
Already in healthy growth when it arrived.
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