Blue Flag Iris 'Purple Flame'
Blue Flag Iris 'Purple Flame'
A perennial for full sun or part sun.
Native variety. Bees can get in.
Spacing and size
18–24 in. apart.
The iris that likes wet feet.
Spring leaves come up deep purple, then settle into purple-flushed green for the season. Rich violet flowers in late spring sit on top of a native iris that is happy at the edge of a pond or in a rain garden.
Light
Full sun for best flowers and leaf color. Part shade is fine.
Water
Keep it consistently moist to wet. It will grow in shallow water.
Planting
Plant in spring or late summer with the rhizome just under the soil surface in rich, moist soil.
A native iris with real foliage color for the wet spots most plants cannot take.
Bred from a native. USDA records the parent species growing wild in your state, inside its native range. USDA PLANTS
- Caterpillars About 10 kinds of native butterflies and moths raise their caterpillars on Iris, going by the median county in a nationwide study. Caterpillars are what songbirds feed their chicks. Source
Complete the planting.
