Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginica) shovel The pads (or "nopales") are

The pads (or "nopales") are often used in savory dishes

Deciduous shrub

An abundance of creamy lather that ensures the ultimate in pampering

to small tree

the more colorful they become

Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginica) shovel The pads (or "nopales") areBlue Flag iris Iris virginica is also known commonly as Virginia iris. This is a beautiful flowering perennial native along coastal plains in Florida. The flowers are flightly fragrant and vary in color from dark violet to pinkish white. The sepals have some yellow to yellow orange at the crest. These plants boom typically from April to May and go dormant in the winter. Blue Flag Iris does best in full to part shade, in wet to moist sandy soil. In the