Iris tectorum (blue) Vines Give room to round out

Give room to round out

a dwarf pollinizer bred to bloom in step with them

often armed with slim axillary spines

small sedges

or a single standard clipped into a small flowering tree

Iris tectorum (blue) Vines Give room to round outThe horticulturist Scott Ogden, in Garden Bulbs for the South, sets the scene: the Japanese roof iris, Iris tectorum, is famous in the native country as a flower for planting on sod roofs, just as houseleeks are used on the cottage roofs of France. In gardens the silky green fans of leaves form large patches, a fine subject for the foreground of a shady border, and in April the ruffled, orchid like blooms appear among the handsome leaves. This is the