How to Grow and Care for Walking irises

Walking Iris (Neomarica gracilis) is an herbaceous perennial that gets its name from how it propagates. After its white, purple or yellow flowers bloom, new plants grow up from them. The weight of the new plant bends the flower's stem to the ground, where the young plant can take root. Beautiful fragrant blossoms last only for a day but the plant blooms profusely throughout the spring. It can be grown in full or partial shade.

Commonly called a walking iris, Neomarica coerulea adds a splash of deep purple with its leaves that almost look silky. It’s perfect for gardens as it forms in clumps around 1.2 m off the ground, and its flowers, although relatively small, are beautifully patterned.

The north's false flag is a Brazilian native that is popular in gardens and pots for its attractive flowers. It can reproduce via ordinary seeds, underground rhizomes, or by growing plantlets. A plantlet will develop at the tip of a long leaf, and once it is heavy enough to reach the ground, it will take root to generate a whole new plant.