thank you everyone for all your helpful comments. I have not seen a flower on it but it may have flowered earlier in the year and I hadn't noticed it as it was amongst cherry laurel growth which I had cut back for winter recently, revealing it. I'll leave and see what it does. Are they easy to get out if I wanted to move it (and keep it)?
Manky is a bit harsh. Ours usually look fine all winter and are reliably evergreen. As with all plants there will be some leaves that have got tatty and died off but easily tidied and only usually a few
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
I would not call Iris foet. evergreen. Ever-manky would be more accurate.
It is evergreen here in Perthshire. I find it very slow....mine is still a baby....just 3 years old. It is upright and evergreen even after last winter. It is under the roots of a huge oak tree, so very sheltered from any wind.
My 3rd pic above showing huge clumps was taken at Cambo gardens near St Andrews on the East coast of Scotland on 10th February.
Quote Gardens World.. ."Iris foetidissima
is the perfect iris for a shady spot, particularly beneath trees, where
other plants struggle. It has architectural evergreen foliage and dull
purple flowers, but it comes into its own in autumn when its large
seedpods split open to reveal rows of orange-red seeds that remain well
into winter. It works well with with other shade lovers such as
Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae, and under deciduous trees alongside
dwarf spring-flowering bulbs. The Royal Horticultural Society has given
it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Grow Iris foetidissima in moist but well-drained soil in sun or shade. Remove faded foliage in autumn."
I agree @punkdoc, @Silver surfer and @Butterfly66 😊 Just like people, some plants get manky as they age … others grow old gracefully. Thankfully my Iris foetidissima manages to do the latter. 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
I find it very slow....mine is still a baby....just 3 years old.
It is upright and evergreen even after last winter.
It is under the roots of a huge oak tree, so very sheltered from any wind.
My 3rd pic above showing huge clumps was taken at Cambo gardens near St Andrews on the East coast of Scotland on 10th February.
Quote Gardens World..
."Iris foetidissima is the perfect iris for a shady spot, particularly beneath trees, where other plants struggle. It has architectural evergreen foliage and dull purple flowers, but it comes into its own in autumn when its large seedpods split open to reveal rows of orange-red seeds that remain well into winter. It works well with with other shade lovers such as Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae, and under deciduous trees alongside dwarf spring-flowering bulbs. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Grow Iris foetidissima in moist but well-drained soil in sun or shade. Remove faded foliage in autumn."
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Just like people, some plants get manky as they age … others grow old gracefully. Thankfully my Iris foetidissima manages to do the latter. 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.