Iris sibirica | Caesar's Brother Benzakein Chai You can't go past Achilleas

You can't go past Achilleas as a must-have plant in a cottage garden

The attractive leaves are green with silvery grey and reddish hues

May need staking but ours were fine as you can see from the photo

A great choice for bees and butterflies and the birds love the seed in autumn

Iris sibirica | Caesar's Brother Benzakein Chai You can't go past AchilleasSiberian Irises are fantastic perennials that look stunning planted in large groupings. Their attractive grass like foliage consists of sturdy clumps of blade shaped leaves with strong, tall flower stems that rise above to about 1 metre topped with dark velvety royal purple flowers. Iris sibirica tends to flower from late spring to early summer which is earlier than the Japanese Irises but slightly later than the tall bearded irises. Easy to grow they