Iris cristata Edgar Anderson Tropical Asia very easy to grow and

very easy to grow and wonderfully drought-tolerant

The clumps are topped in midsummer with 2' tall spikes of light lavender flowers

A 5-year-old patch will spread to 3' wide

bizarrely wonderful

it can be cut to the ground and will resprout quickly

Iris cristata Edgar Anderson Tropical Asia very easy to grow andThis large, vigorous selection of the North American native woodland iris, forms an 8" tall x 2' wide patch. Iris cristata 'Edgar Anderson', which is one of the earliest Iris cristata clones to flower, is topped, starting in early April (NC), with small, light lavender blue flowers, each with a contrasting white throat and a small darker lavender marking at the base of the beard. Iris cristata 'Edgar Anderson' is named after the late iris researcher