Iris tectorum (blue) Vines Aronia arbutifolia tolerates wet soils

Aronia arbutifolia tolerates wet soils

is a graceful deciduous shrub from the mountains of the western Himalaya

so an established plant in full October bloom carries a layered

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The white spring racemes draw bees

Iris tectorum (blue) Vines Aronia arbutifolia tolerates wet soilsThe horticulturist Scott Ogden, in Garden Bulbs for the South, sets the scene: the Japanese roof iris, Iris tectorum, is famous in the native country as a flower for planting on sod roofs, just as houseleeks are used on the cottage roofs of France. In gardens the silky green fans of leaves form large patches, a fine subject for the foreground of a shady border, and in April the ruffled, orchid like blooms appear among the handsome leaves. This is the