Walking Iris is a tender evergreen perennial with arching fans of dark green foliage and attractive orchid-like flowers. The lightly fragrant flowers have white horizontal petals and small curled purple petals with an orange spotted center. While each flower only last for but a morning, the bloom season continuously puts out new flowers from late spring into early fall.Grows best in part sun and well-drained acidic soils. Makes for a good houseplant.
Type:
Perennial
Origins:
Mexico to Brazil
Height:
2′ – 3′
Spread:
1′ – 2′
Spacing:
2
USDA Hardiness Zone:
9 – 11
Culture:
Part Sun, Full Shade
Bloom Color:
White+Purple
Season of Interest:
Spring,Summer, Fall, Year-Round
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. No serious pests or diseases. In cooler areas may not flower.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings,Borders,Woodland Gardens,Water Gardens,Foundation Plantings,and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Fern,Caladium,Begonia
IMAGES:Htm,Neomarica northiana old,CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) El Funcionario,Neomarica northiana, Conservatoire botanique national de Brest 03,CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Marta Carolina Republicano,Flor ris Apostlica,CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Earth100,Neomarica northiana flower sideview in Hong Kong,CC BY-SA 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
