Iris versicolor (Native)

Habitat: Fresh to moderately brackish tidal marshes, wet flatwoods, floodplain pools, calcareous fens and wet meadows, stream margins, and disturbed wetlands such as ditches and beaver ponds. Frequent to locally common in the coastal Plain; infrequent to rare inland.

Notes: Tolerates standing water. Tolerates salinity to 0.5 ppt. Prune back the leaves after the first frost to just above the crown. Grow in containers in ponds or other water gardens in up to 4 inches of standing water. It is most happy in wet areas of pond margins, wet meadows, and marshy areas where it multiplies naturally forming clumps.  It tolerates browsing by deer.