Iris cristata Powder Blue Giant Tradescantia Massachusetts
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Massachusetts
black-green leaves and small
that's okay
except the variegated leaves have a reddish-pink cast
The rigidly upright form and very shiny
Iris cristata Powder Blue Giant Tradescantia MassachusettsIris cristata 'Powder Blue Giant' is a superb form of our native deer resistant Iris cristata, discovered by Samuel Norris (who created the first xPardancandas) of Owensboro, Kentucky, in the early 1960s in a 200 yard long bank of Iris cristata in Litchfield, Kentucky. Iris cristata 'Powder Blue Giant' was registered and named by Joe Pye Weed Gardens, Massachusetts, in 1998. The light blue flowers, to 3" wide, are gigantic for this species and a