Iris persica needs warmth and shelter to blossom but can be grown in the open air. It flowers in February and March and may flower for up to six weeks in a row. The beauty of this plant attracted the attention of gardening writers including
Vita Sackville-West,
Gertrude Jekyll, and
William Robinson in his 1893 book
The English Flower Garden, among others. Jekyll wrote "How endlessly beautiful are the various kinds of Iris, of which so many bloom in June... in a snug sunny place at the foot of a south wall
Iris persica, whose delicate petals of palest greenish-blue are boldly painted with stronger colours..." ==References==