Iris cretensis Kotsifou Gorge Saruma looking more like a giant

looking more like a giant liriope

The attractive leaves are held along the arching stems

What a color break this is

Pennisetum 'Foxtrot' has proven to be an outstanding

but the intensely sweet fragrance is the same regardless of the season

Iris cretensis Kotsifou Gorge Saruma looking more like a giant(aka: Iris unguicularis var. cretensis) Iris cretensis 'Kotsifou Gorge' is a 2017 Plant Delights Nursery introduction grown from a single cutting taken near the nerve rattling Kotsifou Gorge Bridge at 1,200' elevation in Central Crete. There, Iris cretensis grows in large 6' wide mats in the dry, rocky, full sun hillsides. In the garden, Iris 'Kotsifou Gorge' makes a small 5" tall x 18" wide (5 years) rock garden sized mound of very narrow grass like