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Iris cristata 'Doubly Stylish'
Crested Iris
Plant Type:
SHADE PERENNIALSIris cristata 'Doubly Stylish' - A Schmieder intro with six instead of the normal three falls in a lovely pastel blue-violet. Pristine white signals are haloed in dark blue. Yellow-orange crests are white-tipped. Rising above the falls are six to nine light blue lyrically contoured styles, bifid at the ends. Interestingly there are no standards on this form... with all of that information the plant sounds like a giant; But it's a Crested Iris and will only attain a height of 5 to 6 inches. 'Doubly Stylish' is so sweet and simply beautiful. Lovely and demure Iris cristatawill want to colonize into a beautiful carpet. Open shade to part sun in woodsy to fertile draining soil. For gardeners towards the northern end of its range spring planting is advised. Pot grown division.
Characteristics and Attributes for Iris cristata 'Doubly Stylish'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / into Autumn
Nature Attraction
- Deer Resistant
Light
- Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade
- Shade
- Dappled Shade
Attributes
- Border
- Edging
- Woodland
- Rock Garden
- Ground Cover
- Collector Plant
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Medium
Soil
- Fertile
- Woodland
- Draining
Origins
- Garden Origin
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.