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A collection by Iris-king Darrell Probst of the well-named bamboo iris. Not the plants of Van Gogh or your grandma, these grow as a series of stout green stems that hold aloft leaves which would be at home in the hands of an aristocratic lady fighting off a summer-time faint. That faint may well have been elicited by the elegant flowers of the palest lilac imaginable which come in small groups. Proof that even classic genera can offer the strange and wonderful.

An unusually deeply colored selection of this Eastern US native dwarf Iris. Despite its Yankee origins this one has taken up with the enemy inheriting the name of noted British botanophile Collingwood 'Cherry' Ingram. What can we say the Anglo-saxon can't help but claim credit for what isn't theirs. Grows to just a couple inches high, dark purple flowers as big or bigger than the foliage

A pure white form of the Eastern US native dwarf crested Iris selected by Don Jacobs. This Angel is one of life rather than death rising up to the diminutive heavens in late Spring. Likes a moist shady woodland home and will softly spread it's angelic wings to form a nice clump in time. 

Most cultivars of the dwarf crested iris fiddle about with the original flower's saturation filter, Merle however has added a splash of new hue giving rise to a richly royal purple colored flower that may even have a tinge of deep red to the discerning eye. Certainly one of the most vibrant selections of this universally good species and one I wouldn't mind on a brooch or ring. 

Fairly old-school cultivar of the always-delightful Eastern US native dwarf Iris, and follows the equally old-school trend of calling vaguely indigo-ish plants "blue" in the pursuit of horticultural marketing. The historic name is perhaps more true to life, the flowers exchange their usual study in a variety of soft lavender tints for a more uniform pop of purple. 

These are yellow flowered seedlings from some of our selected varieties of this European iris which is stinkin' good like a fine Camembert rather than stinking like overripe gym socks. We haven't fruited this but we have varieties fruits in shades of orange or white. Whatever you get will have nice broad evergreen leaves and a long season of interest on a tough and reliable plant!