Native Habitat:
Swamps, Marshes and Wet Shores.
Flowering Characteristics:
Petals 3, violet-blue, variegated with white and green toward the
base, bearing a furry, yellow ridge (the beard)
Native Range:
Virginia to Florida & Texas. It's in the same family as the northern
native Iris of the northeastern wetlands.
Flowering expected:
May
- August
Comments:
The name "Flag" is from the middle English "flagge," "rush" or "reed."
*Note, this species in our nursery has endured temperatures in the high
20's with no special handling.
Sun & partial shade.
Salt
Tolerance to .3%