Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling. All parts may cause discomfort if ingested.Propagate by clump division or by seed. A welcomed addition to beds and borders, cottage gardens, rock gardens, bog gardens, rain gardens, or along ponds and streams.Performs best in full sun to part shade in medium to wet, humus-rich, slightly acidic, well-drained soils.It will spread by rhizomes to form colonies. Zigzag Iris is an excellent plant for partially shaded rock gardens, perennial borders, or woodland gardens. Commonly found growing in swamps and wet meadows of central North America, this small rhizomatous perennial performs well in regular garden soil too. Smaller than the sepals, the petals are spreading perpendicularly to slightly ascending. Each flower features widely spreading and arching sepals with a yellow patch toward their base. They are often hidden, as the stems are shorter than the leaves. In early to mid-spring, blue-purple to pale blue-violet flowers bloom among the leaves. Considered quite hardy, Iris brevicaulis (Zigzag Iris) is a low-growing perennial with zig-zag stems bearing long, lax and arching, glossy bright green leaves, 10-20 in.
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