Melinda Myers

Blackberry Lily

Botanical Name

Iris domestica

Min Zone

5

Max Zone

10

Height

2 to 3 feet

Width

9 to 24 inches

Flowers

July to August: 2 inch, star-shaped, orange dotted with red

Fruit

Pear-shaped seed pod containing blackberry-like seed cluster

Light

Full sun

Soil

Moist, well-drained

Planting & Care

• Good drainage essential for optimum growth
• May self-seed in favored growing conditions, which keeps this often short-lived perennial in the garden
• Clumps slowly expand by creeping rhizomes
• Plants bloom the second year from seed

Problems

Iris borer

Varieties

• Hello Yellow - yellow flowers, compact 18 to 24 inches tall