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Iris lactea 'Tough Cookie'

Milky Iriis

Plant Type:

SUN PERENNIALS

Iris lactea 'Tough Cookie' - Tall, pure white iris flowers composed of falls with erupting tall standards and styles that display cooling Granny Smith apple green in increasing concentration at the main central veins and near the central axis of the stem. Foliage is grayish green. There is clean elegance in its white linen simplicity. There are some species irises that are challenging to satisfy. This tough customer is easy to please. Up to 4 buds per stalk. Full sun to half shade in fertile to average ground. Established pot grown iris from rhizome division.


Height:

14 in

Spread:

15-18 in

Colors:

White

Zone:

(4)5 to 8
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Characteristics and Attributes for Iris lactea 'Tough Cookie'

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Spring

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / into Autumn

Nature Attraction

  • Deer Resistant
  • Honey Bees & Native Bees

Light

  • Full Sun
  • Mostly Sunny

Attributes

  • Bank
  • Border
  • Drought Tolerant
  • Rock Garden
  • Natural Garden
  • Cottage Garden

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Medium

Soil

  • Fertile
  • Draining
  • Average

Origins

  • Korea
  • Mongolia
  • Himalayas

Propagated By

  • Division

Genus Overview: Iris

Common Name: Iris

From small woodland species and tiny forms happy in a sunny trough to those that stretch to one's waist and higher irises are among the most beautiful and unique of herbaceous perennials. They come in an amazing array of colors with fans of foliage that provide textural contrast to other garden denizens long after the flowers have passed. None that we carry are especially common. All are beautiful in the full sun border with many adaptable to pond's edge. They want a home! Pot grown division unless otherwise indicated.