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Nursery Located At Ruckman Road 55 
Iris pumila Fairy. (Formerly listed as Iris pumila azurea) This is a dwarfer form than 
the type with narrower leaves and smaller flowers of a delicate clear sky blue 
color. ; 
Iris pumila Mauve Mist. A new variety with pale mauve colored flowers that are 
shaded with darker purple. I don’t particularly like the cloudy color. 
Iris pumila Rose Mist. Another new variety that is one of the so called Pinks. It is 
very similar to Mauve Mist but perhaps a little closer to rose colored. 
Iris tectorum. (Roof Iris) Spreading clumps of attractive broad leaves from 12 to 15 
inches high and sturdy stems from 15 to 18 inches high, each bearing two or 
three wide open lilac-blue flowers in May and June. The flowers look like huge 
gorgeous orchids. Easy to grow in any ordinary garden soil that is not too limy in 
sun or light shade. (pH 5-7) This one makes a lovely wall garden plant. It is said 
to grow wild on the thatch roofs in Japan. 
Iris tectorum album. The extremely rare and very lovely pure white flowered form of 
the above. Both the leaves and flowering stems are shorter than the type, making 
this one of the best rock garden varieties. Same soil and exposure as above. 
Iris verna 
Iris verna. (Vernal Iris) Another lovely Eastern American dwarf iris with long grace- 
fully arching dark glossy green leaves in slowly creeping clumps about 6 inches high. 
Small but very showy deep violet-blue flowers with orange markings appear in 
May and June. It wants a very acid leafmold or humus soil in shade or partial 
shade. (pH 4-5) It is reputed to be difficult but I find it quite easy and permanent, 
especially if the soil is kept moist all summer. 
Iris verna vexans. This is my own name for a variety of the Vernal Iris that I had 
always thought to be something else, It has short, erect, dull glaucus green leaves 
in dense clumps about 5 inches high. The lovely little flowers are a light violet-blue 
color with light orange markings. J have had this variety for the past eight years, 
growing in a heavy acid loam in full hot sun, It is very prolific and is much more 
compact than the type. It is a lovely form regardless of its true name or origin. 
