Iris japonica Wuhan Angel Thermopsis green rosettes carpet the ground

green rosettes carpet the ground in a dry rock garden setting

Japan comes this evergreen clump former with very thick lustrous 3-4" long leaves with dramatic deeply impressed veins

We have found this native perennial to be quite easy in our woodland garden

turns out to be a rare intergeneric hybrid of Saccharum arundinaceum and a nearby Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurescens'

poet's laurel clumps are laden with marble-sized reddish-orange ornamental berries in fall

Iris japonica Wuhan Angel Thermopsis green rosettes carpet the groundWe are pleased to have introduced and named this 2001 Hayes Jackson selection of the deer resistant Iris japonica, made in a wooded area at the Wuhan Botanical Garden in Hubei, China. This stoloniferous evergreen groundcover spreads by thin rhizomes just below the mulch surface and makes a 10' wide groundcover worthy patch in only 3 years. The fans of 20" long sword like dark green leaves are topped with clusters of white orchid like flowers in March