• Common Name: Bernice’s Legacy Iris
  • Botanical Name: Iris versicolor ‘Bernice’s Legacy’
  • Family name: Iris family
  • Type: Perennial
  • Zone Hardiness: 3–9
  • Height: 2 to 3ft
  • Width: 1.5 to 2ft
  • Blooms: Large purple-blue flowers with yellow and white markings
  • Bloom time months: May to June
  • Sun: Full sun to partial shade
  • Leaves: Sword-shaped, green, upright leaves
  • Maintenance: moderate for the casual gardener; prefers moist to wet soils; deadhead spent blooms to encourage tidiness. Spreads by roots, making it hard to contain.
  • Tolerates: Wet soils, partial shade, and variable soil types
  • Attracts: Pollinators such as bees and butterflies
  • Texas Superstar: No
  • Texas Native: No
  • Invasive: No