Iris lazica Japan a real thing of beauty

a real thing of beauty when well grown

Delosperma cooperi is perfect

Other than removing the old stalks in late winter

much longer than those of typical Callirhoe involucrata

the 18" wide clumps are topped with violet flowers on 18" tall scapes

Iris lazica Japan a real thing of beauty(aka: Iris unguicularis ssp. lazica) Iris lazica hails from Lazistan, a former Ottoman (southern Black Sea) region which was dissolved nearly a century ago after a testy regional divorce, with Turkey and Russia each receiving joint custody. Iris lazica is a close relative of the better known Iris unguicularis, with foliage that's wider (3 4" vs. 1 4") and shorter, and emerges at an angle instead of upright. Starting for us at the end of winter,