Every garden needs an iris
Jul 20, 2022
3 minutes
Charles Quest-Ritson
HEN King Clovis of the Franks converted to Christianity in AD496, he took the lily as his heraldic symbol. He chose lilies because they were associated with Mary, the mother of Jesus—not that he was a paragon of purity. Nor was he much of a botanist, for he modelled his lily upon the common yellow iris that grows in damp ditches all over Europe and beyond. We know it as the; botanists call it. For gardeners who prefer common names
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