If you're looking for a bulb that you can count on to rebloom year after year, you can't do much better than Dutch Iris. Many bulbs require a certain amount of chill each winter to bloom in spring, but not this one. Even daffodils don't seem to rebloom as often as the Dutch iris do in my garden.
The long, blade like leaves provide a nice textural contrast to smaller leafed plants, and add a bit of architecture to the planting beds as well. They do well with a bit of guidance such as staking, tying, or being planted behind a short fence or trellis. Even being left to their own devices can result in a beautiful cascade of flowers, as seen in the photo above. Plants on the lower left had fallen over, but the blooms heated upward, and a lovely curve of flowers developed.
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