Iris lazica Japan Chrysogonum australe 'Eco Lacquered Spider'

Chrysogonum australe 'Eco Lacquered Spider' is adorned with yellow flowers in spring

much longer than those of typical Callirhoe involucrata

Other than removing the old stalks in late winter

large-flowered

Iris lazica Japan Chrysogonum australe 'Eco Lacquered Spider'(aka: Iris unguicularis ssp. lazica) Iris lazica hails from Lazistan, a former Ottoman (southern Black Sea) region which was dissolved nearly a century ago after a testy regional divorce, with Turkey and Russia each receiving joint custody. Iris lazica is a close relative of the better known Iris unguicularis, with foliage that's wider (3 4" vs. 1 4") and shorter, and emerges at an angle instead of upright. Starting for us at the end of winter,