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
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Janet Jeffries (verified owner) –
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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
Sian Bewick (verified owner) –
Fatima Araujo (verified owner) –
Steve Sinnott (verified owner) –
This is a beautiful plant with an eyecatching flower.
Hilary (verified owner) –
Recent purchase. Looks happy in trough.
Geoff Bennett (verified owner) –
Andrew G. (verified owner) –
Well packaged and on excellent condition
Jackson B. (verified owner) –
Trevor (verified owner) –
Excellent plant
Jane S. (verified owner) –
hasn’t stopped flowering since receipt
Martin C. (verified owner) –
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David Orwin (verified owner) –
Philip (verified owner) –
All plants arrived quickly, well protected and a now planted.
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