Blue and Pink Iris-Focused Garden Plan

Free Garden Plan

This elegant, simple plan centers on blue bearded iris as a striking late-spring to early-summer focal point. Lower-growing companions—pink carnations, creeping phlox, blue forget-me-nots, Johnny-jump-ups, and bicolored violets—circle the bed, creating a layered tapestry of color and form.

Plant List

• A. 3 bearded iris (Iris hybrid); Zones 3–10
• B. 1 carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus); Zones 3–8
• C. 1 creeping phlox (Phlox subulata); Zones 2–8
• D. 3 forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica); Zones 5–8
• E. 3 Johnny-jump-up (Viola tricolor hybrid); annual
• F. 3 violets (Viola labradorica); Zones 3–8