The most beautiful flower in my garden is a small iris but I do not know its name, can anyone help me? It has creeping stems, about as thick as a little finger, and long roots down in the sand or gravel where it prefers to grow. (That means, where it has survived)

The leaves come up flat and tight together and have the shape of swords and are about 30 cm high. The flowerstalk is usually shorter than the leaves, 20 to 30 cm only.

The flower is big and the colour is the most wonderful dark violet you can imagine! Unfortunately, the beauty is shortlived, the flower lasts only one day, rarely two, and a new bud opens next morning. The flowering occurs inlate may - early june and usually lasts not more than two weeks. A squaremeter of this big, violet flowers is an marvellous but rare sight in the garden.

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