Iris dabashanensis Caryopteris upright shrubby plant

upright shrubby plant

While the leaves on this tight clumper eventually turn green as the weather warms

the cool weather provides the golden foliage with a lovely red overlay

it has been a miserable failure in tissue culture

From late summer

Iris dabashanensis Caryopteris upright shrubby plantWe are thrilled to offer the very rare, South Central Chinese native Iris dabashanensis, which looks far more like an evergreen ornamental grass than an iris. It's a story of confusion, however, that goes back to the 1800s. For years, this iris was cultivated by collectors as Iris henryi, but it turned out to be incorrectly identified and was actually an un named species, hailing from the alkaline soil woodlands of Daba Mountain. Thanks to the work of