{"id":1721,"date":"2021-05-31T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2021-09-16T17:27:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T22:27:47","slug":"ga-native-dwarf-crested-iris-iris-cristata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?p=1721","title":{"rendered":"GA Native: Dwarf Crested Iris &#8216;Iris Cristata&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This native Iris,&nbsp;<em>Iris cristata<\/em>&nbsp;came from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nightsongnatives.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night Song Native Plant Nursery<\/a> plant sale. I thought it died last summer, but it came back early this Spring and bloomed two times!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3905-e1526574048831.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2031\" class=\"wp-image-2031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3905-e1526574048831.jpg 480w, https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3905-e1526574048831-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3941-e1526574154294.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2032\" class=\"wp-image-2032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3941-e1526574154294.jpg 480w, https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3941-e1526574154294-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I placed the rhizome on top of a ridge of dirt at the front of the bulb bed, sandwiched between the huge 2-3 foot tall bearded Irises. The Iris cristata is super tiny, at about 6-10 inches tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gnps.org\/plants\/dwarf-crested-iris-iris-cristata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia Native Plant Society&nbsp;<\/a>is a great resource for information on Georgia&#8217;s native plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_4157-e1526596463711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_4157-e1526596463711.jpg\" alt=\"2018, GA, Zone 7b, Iris Cristata\" class=\"wp-image-2041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_4157-e1526596463711.jpg 640w, https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_4157-e1526596463711-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Picture from last week. Only about 6-8 inches tall. Lots of new growth since blooming<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a few new posts in the works about the new raised garden beds, and all the plants and herbs I am growing this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This native Iris,&nbsp;Iris cristata&nbsp;came from the Night Song Native Plant Nursery plant sale. I thought it died last summer, but it came back early this Spring and bloomed two times! I placed the rhizome on top of a ridge of dirt at the front of the bulb bed, sandwiched between the huge 2-3 foot tall &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?p=1721\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GA Native: Dwarf Crested Iris &#8216;Iris Cristata&#8217;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,100,12,21,9],"tags":[78,46,29,114,31,26,38,37,28],"class_list":["post-1721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-containerplants","category-landscapeplants","category-native-plants","category-perennials","category-profiles","category-rhizomes","tag-deer-resistant","tag-drought-tolerant","tag-georgia","tag-iris-cristata","tag-native-plants","tag-organic","tag-perennial","tag-rhizome","tag-zone-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1721"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2959,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions\/2959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}