Ann Chowning Louisiana Iris – 1 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6b-10b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Perennial

Flower Color:  Velvety Burgundy-Red

Flower Size:  2-3″  

Flowering Period:  Early to Late Spring depending on location (USDA Zone)

Flower Type:  Single Iris

Fragrant Flowers:  no

Foliage Color:  Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  No

Attracts:  Butterflies, Hummingbirds, beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Wet Soil, Standing Water

The Ann Chowning Louisiana Iris is an absolutely gorgeous North American native plant for adding bold color and a vertical accent to water gardens, or anywhere in the sunny to partially shaded landscape where the soil tends to stay moist to wet. Depending on your location, in early spring to late spring this Iris features large and velvety, intense burgundy-red flowers that are up to 6 inches across. After flowering, the strappy, sword-like green leaves remain attractive through summer. Though native to the wetlands of southern Louisiana, this hardy Iris also can be grown and enjoyed by gardeners as far north as USDA Zone 5 (some say Zone 4), where temperatures can drop to -20F.