Dixie Iris
Iris hexagona
Dixie iris is a Southeastern Louisiana iris of swamps and wet ditches, with large blue-purple flowers, perfect for boggy, sunny spots and water-garden margins.
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- FL, GA, SC
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