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Large, spiky plants are often best used alone as specimens – pieces of living architecture or sculpture. Smaller spiky plants contrast with round, domed plants and make great ‘exclamation marks’ in a planting scheme.
Iris
Latin nameIris
Common nameIris
Type of plantBulb
HardinessHardy
Flower colourBlue, violet, yellow, white
Leaf colourMid-green
Height and spread70cm to 1m x indefinite (2ft to 3ft x indefinite)
Description
Bulbous irises are easy to grow in sunny well drained soil. Although they prefer slightly alkaline soil, they will grow in acidic conditions. They have long, arching lance-shaped leaves, with the flowers appearing on the long branching flowering stems.
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