Yellow Walking Iris (Trimezia longifolia)

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Plant Height:	24 inches
Plant Spread:	12 - 15 inches
Leaves:	Evergreen
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Yellow
Flower Time:	Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations:	Xeriscapic Houseplant
Uses:	Groundcover Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies
Resistances:	Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods:	Division Stolons and runners Offsets
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years

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Posted by flaflwrgrl (North Fl. - Zone 8b) on Sep 18, 2011 7:52 PM concerning plant:

These plants "walk" or travel by producing plantlets on the flower stems after the flower dies. The little plantlets can be easily broken off and potted up to make new plants or you can just do as I do, which is to bend the stalk down to the ground and place a brick or rock on it to anchor it down. The plantlets will send roots into the soil. They will do this on their own when the plantlets grow large and heavy enough to make the stalk lie on the ground.

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Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Feb 17, 2015 2:59 PM concerning plant:

I have grown this plant for many years as a houseplant because it is not cold hardy in my zone. It is an easy plant to grow and rewards me with flowers in the late winter. I grow them in one-gallon pots and re-pot them every 3rd year.

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Trimezia Yellow Walking Iris (Trimezia longifolia)