Iris SDB ‘Purple Paws’
'Purple Paws' is a small variety with buttery yellow flowers with splashes and speckles of red-violet.
‘Purple Paws’ has buttery yellow flowers with splashes and speckles of red-violet. The standard dwarf bearded iris (SDB) are hybrids involving Iris pumila and other species and hybrids. They look like the classic tall bearded iris but in miniature and often with the flowers near the top of the bluish straplike leaves to heights of 8-16 inches. Use them at the front of the border, along pathways, and in rockeries in full sun in average to dry situations. Divide every two to three years (or when clumps become congested and flowering decreases) just after blooming. Trim the foliage back to a third and plant the rhizomes at or just below soil level. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Common Name: Dwarf Bearded Iris
Family: Iridaceae (The Iris Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 8-12"
Width: 4-8"
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Bloom Time: Spring
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Dry, rocky habitats.
Award:
Geographical Origin: Europe and Western Russia, Garden Origin
