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Iris kuschakewiczii

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About 10-15cm high in bloom. Leaves 1-1.5cm wide, deep green with a contrasting white edge. Flowers 6.5-8cm in diameter, pale violet, the falls with dark blotches and broken lines and a white crest, late spring. Russian Asia in the Tien Shan mountains on northern stony slopes. Alpine house but also worth trying outside in a sheltered warm spot.