Iris cretensis Kotsifou Gorge Saruma looking more like a giant

looking more like a giant liriope

canna-shaped green leaves compose the giant 6' tall clump

and named in 1958 by Dr

Each gigantic clump of large strap-like leaves eventually reaches 5' in width

powder blue leaves are quite flexible and subsequently worthless as a weapon

Iris cretensis Kotsifou Gorge Saruma looking more like a giant(aka: Iris unguicularis var. cretensis) Iris cretensis 'Kotsifou Gorge' is a 2017 Plant Delights Nursery introduction grown from a single cutting taken near the nerve rattling Kotsifou Gorge Bridge at 1,200' elevation in Central Crete. There, Iris cretensis grows in large 6' wide mats in the dry, rocky, full sun hillsides. In the garden, Iris 'Kotsifou Gorge' makes a small 5" tall x 18" wide (5 years) rock garden sized mound of very narrow grass like