Play Value: Wildlife Food Source Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems): This plant is highly resistant to damage from deer. Distribution: AL, AR, DC, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV Fire Risk Rating: low flammability Wildlife Value: Its flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and bumblebees. Attributes: Genus: Iris Species: cristata Family: Iridaceae Life Cycle: Bulb Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Division Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: N.Tags: #showy flowers #poisonous #drought tolerant #pink flowers #spring flowers #cpp #fire low flammability #NC native #herb garden culinary #large flowers #groundcover #naturalizes #cutting garden #spring interest #pollinator plant #native wildflower #wildflower garden #flowers late spring #food source summer #food source herbage #food source nectar #food source pollen #dry soils tolerant #mammals #butterfly friendly #partial shade tolerant #HS302 #problem for cats #problem for dogs #bee friendly #problem for horses #Audubon #woodland garden #dry shade #flowers midspring #perennial #wildlife friendly 'Alba', 'Caerulea', 'Eco White Angel', 'Shenandoah Sky', See this plant in the following landscape: Courtyard Garden Cultivars / Varieties: Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Slugs and snails are occasional problems. Use this plant for a ground cover in partly shady areas of rock gardens, woodland sites or in a perennial border. It can tolerate full sun but needs more moisture. A too rich soil will encourage foliage growth and no blooms.

This plant grows best in partial sun to partial shade, preferring rich, well-drained soil but also grows in the difficult-to-manage dry shade. Following the blooms, the foliage is useful as a ground cover in the woodland shade. It offers an early perennial spring bloom in partly shady areas and grows well in rock gardens and woodland sites. It reaches only 4-9 inches tall and spreads to form a groundcover in its native peaty woodland habitat. See below Descriptionĭwarf crested Iris is a native species in the Iridaceae (iris) family that grows in North Carolina. Most perennials are polycarpic, flowering over many seasons in their lifetime.Phonetic Spelling EYE-riss kris-TAY-tah This plant has low severity poison characteristics. Perennials, especially small flowering plants, grow and bloom over the spring and summer and then die back every autumn and winter, then return in the spring from their root-stock rather than seeding themselves as an annual plant does.

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