Eco Easter Fringed Iris is a long-lived woodland evergreen perennial with thin sword-like green foliage that fans upwards with arching tips. Eco Easter is heavy bloomer with larger fragrant flowers that are pastel lavender-blue with gold throats and adjacent purple spotting which bloom in early to mid spring attracting hummingbirds. Grows best in part sun and moist well-drained soils. Tolerates near full shade.
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Origins: |
China and Japan |
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Height: |
1' - 2' |
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Spread: |
1' - 3' |
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Spacing: |
2’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
7 - 10 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Purple |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Wet winter conditions can cause root rot. Spreads quickly by rhizomes but is not invasive.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Ponds and Streams, Naturalized Areas, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Sedge, Turtlehead, Joe Pye Weed
IMAGES: Qwert1234, Iris japonica 5, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Lazaregagnidze, ზამბახი იაპონური Iris japonica Orchid Iris (2), CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Photo by Ruth Hartnup, Fringed Iris, (4) Photo by t.ohashi, R0010343
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
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