Iris cristata Powder Blue Giant Tradescantia but when planted in a

but when planted in a location providing early morning sun

the overall effect is a shimmering silver bush

black-green leaves and small

In early-to-mid May in NC

Iris cristata Powder Blue Giant Tradescantia but when planted in aIris cristata 'Powder Blue Giant' is a superb form of our native deer resistant Iris cristata, discovered by Samuel Norris (who created the first xPardancandas) of Owensboro, Kentucky, in the early 1960s in a 200 yard long bank of Iris cristata in Litchfield, Kentucky. Iris cristata 'Powder Blue Giant' was registered and named by Joe Pye Weed Gardens, Massachusetts, in 1998. The light blue flowers, to 3" wide, are gigantic for this species and a