SV: Spuria?

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I have a spuria iris growing very well in my garden – for about 15 years now - with the clump almost a meter around.  The leaves get about 4 feet tall and the flowers are just above that.  They are predominantly blue.  It has not grown up yet or even set buds so far this year. I hope some of you can help me identify it.  Here are two pictures from earlier years.

Our native I. setosa are blooming now. It is getting out that I am collecting as many variations of setosa as I can find.  I was just given another white one that might be different that the ones I have. (Hope, hope)  (I used to have a pristine white one that I left at another house, thinking that I could always get another, well…. That was not a good assumption to make twenty years ago - And still looking!!!!!)

The few bearded ones that survive are just finishing (for the 12” one) or starting (for the two 24”) the rest either died or are not blooming this year.  It was an exceptionally good winter so it is surprising what did not make it as well as usual.  We kept our snow cover this year – the first time in at least a decade!

My neighbor told me she saw my new I. flavissima bloom – it barely lasts a day.  I have one bud left, maybe I will get to see that one. (more hope)  I have picture of it from previous years before I moved it to save it from the slugs, and this is a new one in a pot that I missed blooming.  It is so small and the slugs are so bad I really do not know where to plant it so that it can grow more.  It has survived three years of this grazing, but I finally dug up this year’s two fans because it just did not look like it was strong enough to take it again.  I may put it into a hypertufa trough garden that the slugs do not visit as often.  (small Primula auricula, P. marginata, a few saxifrages, and other alpines are doing great there, so maybe a little iris would, too.  What do you think?  Anyone else growing I. flavissima?)

I will include photos of last years (later slug eaten) plants.

Debbie

Anchorage, Alaska

USDA Zone 3-4