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A LITTLE MORE LIFE

Wild iris

Iris setosa

Showy native flowers and rhizomes add color and help hold soil.

Emma Forsberg from Anchorage, USA · CC BY 2.0

MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME

A spot to thrive.

Choose a locally native form; unsuitable for dry beds.

Sunlight: Full sun
Soil moisture: Moist to wet / Average moisture
Mature size: Up to 2 ft tall · Spreading clumps
Season of interest: Early summer flowers
Local climate: Choose nursery stock suited to local winters.
Garden role: Blue flowers for moist ground

Swallowtail Garden Seeds · CC BY 2.0

ONE GOOD SWAP

Instead of orange daylily.

Hemerocallis fulva

Try wild iris for blue flowers for moist ground.

NATIVE TO YOUR PLACE

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Photo credits & licenses

Wild iris: Emma Forsberg from Anchorage, USA · CC BY 2.0
Orange daylily: Swallowtail Garden Seeds · CC BY 2.0

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