This Iris Laevigata Snowdrift from Van Zyverden is a Japanese aquatic bog Iris. It is suited for both shallow pond areas or in the garden outside the pond. The Snowdrift boasts striking, double, pure white flowers with lilac markings that bloom from spring to early summer.

To help you be successful in growing your pond plants, Van Zyverden uses top-quality components to enhance the experience. Pond plant marginals (sometimes called bog plants) are essential in creating a healthy ecosystem in your pond. While they rely on pond water for nutrients, they improve water quality by extracting excess detrimental nutrients from the pond environment before they can accumulate. They also provide oxygen. These colorful, exotic, lush plants grow in the shallow water or saturated soil around the rim or margins of a pond where the water meets the land. Though the roots grow underwater, the majority of the plant grows and lives out and above the water. This Van Zyverden water plant kit comes with everything needed to grow your plant: basket, fabric basket liner, plant, medium, gravel and fertilizer. Bog plants and marginals along the edge of the water garden, stream bed or waterfall will give your pond a more natural look.

• Iris Snowdrift attracts both butterflies and birds to the edge of the pond and are deer resistant
• Mix and match aquatic plants for a beautiful balanced look
• Includes a special aquatic fine mesh lattice basket, which allows water, air, nutrients and other gas movement
• Full sun to part shade
• Summer
• Bulb size #1
• Grows 18 - 36 in. tall
• Plant 12 in. apart, 0.5 in. deep
• Hardy in USDA zones 4-9
• 48 contiguous US states, plus the District of Columbia

Spring to summer is a good time to plant, as the water is warming up the plants should establish well. Pond plants generally prefer water temperatures above 60 degrees F to initiate growth. This kit comes with everything needed: basket, fabric basket liner, soil, stones, plant food and the plant. To grow follow the following steps: 1. Unpack the box of all components. 2. Remove the fabric bag with soil and bag with stones from the plastic bag. 3. Neatly place the black fabric bag with soil into the basket. 4. With scissors, shorten the black fabric bag about 1.5 in. above the rim of the basket. 5. Add the plant food tabs by pushing them into the clay. Remove the root from its package, with the sphagnum moss and all, and plant it in the center of the basket. Leave the tips slightly exposed. 6. Fold the fabric bag back over onto the top of the soil. This should leave an opening in the middle for the plant to grow. If not, cut the bag back some more. 7. Place the stones on top of the basket to weigh it down. 8. Before placing the basket into the pond, water it heavily several times to settle and solidify the soil. It's best to do this several times. 9. Submerge the entire basket into the pond, about a foot at a time, until you have it at the location of your choice.