With a spectacular blue and white color palette and delicate plicata pattern, Presby's Crown Jewel shines in sunny gardens or borders. The huge, 6" blooms boast an award-winning flower form with ruffled edges and lovely wide falls that highlight the blue edging nicely. Plan a large grouping in your next landscape design and you will be delighted with Presby's hardiness, drought tolerance and disease resistance. Plant in a single-variety display or alongside Best Bet, a bicolor blue rebloomer that makes a fabulous complement. The blooms appear first in the spring, from May to June, with a second flush of flowers from August to October.
Hardiness Zones 4-9
Mature Height 36 inches
Bloom Time Early midseason (Mid spring) and again in late summer-early fall.
Light Requirements Full Sun, Half Sun / Half Shade
Deer Resistant
Cut Flower
We ship this item in Fall
Botanical Name: Iris germanica 'Presby's Crown Jewel'
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