Iris foetidissima - STINKING IRIS (for half shade-shade garden)

Beardless Iris with strappy evergreen leaves (in warmer zones) and pale lilac flowers.

Often grown for very ornamental seedpods that crack open in summer to show bead-like orange-red seeds that persist till late fall or winter.

Tolerates shade lot better than majority of irises, so can be planted under canopy of trees or in shade garden.

Award of Garden Merit in Britain (RHS).

Blooming Time: May 
Size: 1.5-2' tall x 1-1.5' wide
USDA Zones: 5/6 to 9 (in zones 5-6 will loose it's evergreen leaves. Some winter protection also might be useful)
Culture: full sun, half shade, dappled shade, lighter shade. Adaptable to many soil types, average soil with some organic matter. Average moisture
Moisture Needs: medium, established plants e fairly drought tolerant
Origin: native to Western Europe (one of the two Irises native to Britain and Ireland), and from France south and east to N. Africa, Italy and Greece.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: primarily bees, but also moths and butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: 3.5" x 4" perennial pot

Plant combinations: Goes well with many common sun to half shade perennials. The best use is probably to plant in half shade, or lighter shade garden (dappled shade), under planting trees, or bigger shrubs - where it will bring the late summer to fall interest, which is often rare in the shade garden at this times of the season. Goes with Epimediums, Hosta, Polygonatum, Primula, Tricyrtis, sedges or Hakonechloa.

Picture copyright: 1 - Oliver Clark, Wikimedia Commons, 2 - CorentinD, Wikimedia Commons