Iris unguicularis Butt Not Armenia which sounds more like a

which sounds more like a mythical place in Scotland than a plant

so our goal is to sort out the different ones and give them cultivar names so you'll know if you're buying an early or late flowering form

the dazzling Dracunculus vulgaris (aka: Viagra lily or dragon arum) is ready to flower

plant two and call me in the morning

Visitors to the 1991 Hosta Convention in Raleigh were amazed at this seedling in the garden of Tony Sears of Apex (the guy with the 2-mile railroad track in his garden)

Iris unguicularis Butt Not Armenia which sounds more like aIris unguicularis 'Butt Not' is a free flowering seedling from the well known winter blooming Iris 'Walter Butt'. The original Iris 'Walter Butt' was a selection that Somerset, UK, plantsman Walter Butt (1872 1953) grew from a friend's collection near Algiers, Algeria. Iris 'Walter Butt' was subsequently named and introduced around 1950 by UK plantsman E. B. Anderson after he purchased Butt's property. Our plant came to us as Iris 'Walter Butt', but