Deep purple flowers with a dark veil. Striking dark green, often purple-tinged, sword-shaped leaves that can be almost black in spring. This hardy bog plant prefers moist to wet soil and full sun. Ideal along ponds or in a wet border. Attracts bees and provides color from late spring to early summer.
Iris versicolor 'Dark Aura' in the garden
- wildlife: for bees for butterflies
- use: cutflower
botanical information about Iris versicolor 'Dark Aura'
Features Iris versicolor 'Dark Aura'
| height: | 60-80 cm |
| flowering: | May - June |
| color: | purple, violet |
| leaf color: | bluish purple, green, dark green, blue green |
| habit: | ascending |
| growth: | medium |
| level: | easy |
| light: | full sun, sunny, morning sun, evening sun, open shade |
| moisture: | moist, wet, winter moisture |
| soil texture: | normal |
| organic matter: | normal, high |
| pH: | acid, neutral |
| winter zone: | 6 [-20°C] |
| density: | 3 - 5 |
