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Beautiful Blue Flag Iris: A Colorful Addition to Your Garden

Discover the visual qualities of Iris versicolor, a stunning plant with blue to violet flowers and purple veins on the petals. It is ideal for rain gardens, with handsome foliage and an elegant, erect growth. Learn about its bloom time and how it can be enjoyed by children. Explore its benefits for the environment and wildlife, and why it should be included in your garden. Solve problems related to growing Iris virginica and find replacements. Vote for the Blue Flag Iris for a vibrant garden! References provided for further information.

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Beautiful Blue Flag Iris: A Colorful Addition to Your Garden

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  1. Iris versicolor of the Iridaceae family The Common Blue flag By: Sophia Di Iorio

  2. Visual Qualities • Has blue – violet rarely white flowers • Purple veins on the petals • Very erect and graceful stems • Very colorful and beautiful plants to add to the rain garden • Handsome foliage all season

  3. Where in the world…?

  4. Height/Spread • 2-3 feet tall • Spreads about 18 – 24 inches

  5. Blooming • Bloom time: May, June, July, and August • Can be enjoyed by both children during the summer program and during normal school

  6. PROBLEMS Iris virginica • Needs sun to part shade • Poisonous • Doesn’t commonly grow in Illinois • May be replaced Wait… I have PROBLEMS!?!?!?!?!

  7. Iris virginica • Found very commonly in Illinois (even Naperville!) • Found in many same environments like Iris versicolor

  8. Reasons Blue flag SHOULD be in our garden: • Has attractive colors and petals • Is good for the garden’s environment • Even if it doesn’t grow well, there is a good replacement flower • Attracts birds, humming birds, insects • The summer school program can enjoy it

  9. THE END! Please vote for Blue flag to be in the rain garden!

  10. Reference List Iris versicolor. (2012). Retrieved from Rain Scaping.org: http://www.rainscaping.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=80. Wasowski, S. (2002). Iris versicolor. Retrieved from Wildflower center: http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=IRVE2. Our native irises: Blue flag irises. (Mar. 5, 2012). Retrieved fromUS Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/iris/blueflag/iris_versicolor.shtml

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