Our gardens look pretty good right now. Lots of flowering shrubs, lots of wild flowers. And sometimes little things tend to get overlooked like today's FFF. This particular native plant has been in our garden several times, struggles, and then dies, and we replace it when opportunity allows. It's tough to know what this particular plant needs/wants. At present it is doing as well as ever in a corner of a front garden bed. Sunny, but protected from afternoon heat; well-drained, but watered regularly; no competition (important TPP thinks); and lightly mulched. Why bother? Well, it's quite a lovely little thing, a small native, Iris cristata the crested iris. The falls have a crest of tissue under the colored portion, this plant's alternative to a "beard" of hairs. The whole plant is only a few inches tall and the flower about 1.5 inches in diameter. If you have luck with this species in your garden, let TPP know what you think it likes.