Iris foetidissima is a tough as old boots kind of plant. Seen here I came across it growing in a fairly open marshy spot only a few hundreds yards from Chesil Beach in Dorset. Equally it grows in the driest shadiest spots which is where I planted it in the garden some years ago.
  In the middle of the summer months it has intricate veined flowers. They are not very conspicuous but beautiful none the less when looked at closely (see my entry on 8th. June). It has a second season of interest in the autumn when it produces vivid orange berries that hang in clusters- they are more showy than the flowers in fact.