page_title: Iris setosa
section_title: Hardiness
hierarchical_section_title: Iris setosa / Cultivation / Hardiness
caption_attribution_description: English: Iris setosa, Aizu area, Fukushima pref., Japan 日本語: ヒオウギアヤメ 福島県会津地方
context_page_description: Iris setosa, is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Tripetalae. It is a rhizomatous perennial from a wide range across the Arctic sea, including Alaska, Maine, Canada, Russia, northeastern Asia, China, Korea and southwards to Japan. The plant has tall branching stems, mid green leaves and violet, purple-blue, violet-blue, blue, to lavender flowers. There are also plants with pink and white flowers.
context_section_description: Iris setosa is one of the hardiest species of irises, but does needs a cold dormant period in winter, and so does not do as well in warm climates. As a native plant of Alaska, it is extremely cold-hardy (minus thirty degrees F. wouldn't kill it). It would only be killed, if never given any summer at all.
  It is hardy to various USDA Zone 3–7, or 3–8  or 4–8 but may tolerate Zone 2 and Zone 9 in perfect conditions.
caption: Iris setosa in Fukushima, Japan
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