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Iris pseudacorus
Yellow water iris produces large masses of upright foliage, can reach 5 ft. Yellow blooms top the leaves in April. Books state they need abundant water to thrive. Mine grow/ bloom/ multiply without a lot of irrigation, just a sprinkle during the dog days of summer. Tolerate any soil
This is growing in my garden but can be found through out the South
Thomas Jefferson grew these at Monticello. He called them flower-de-luces
Spotted on Mar 30, 2011
Submitted on Mar 30, 2011
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur-de-li...
Read a great story about how these guys ended up on the knight's standards and coats of arms...
Apparently one day, one army found themselves confronted by a much larger group... they turned tail and ran...
But found their retreat blocked by a huge English bog...
One brilliant boy noticed the iris growing through a part of the bog and figured that where it was shallow enough for iris, it was shallow enough for a fully armoured knight to walk through without sinking out of sight...
They crossed the bog and lived to fight another day... And remembered that the iris had saved their lives....