Iris sibirica 'Black Joker' ~ Monrovia® Peacock™ Black Joker Siberian Iris size-1pt-pot (2) Kolforn (Wikimedia)

(2) Kolforn (Wikimedia)

followed by small blue-tinted white berries that attract birds

Delosperma cooperi

Warning: There are sharp 6in black needle-like spines at the base of the plant

Totem Pole Switch Grass is a dramatic warm season ornamental grass with narrow gray green to steel blue foliage

Iris sibirica 'Black Joker' ~ Monrovia® Peacock™ Black Joker Siberian Iris size-1pt-pot (2) Kolforn (Wikimedia)Monrovia Black Joker Siberian Iris is a deciduous perennial with a clumping habit and long sword like blue green foliage that fans upwards. The rigid sturdy stalks that grow from the center of the plant are topped by colorful beardless flowers that have electric blue standards, lavender signals, and wine purple falls with a yellow edge and blaze from late spring into summer, attracting bees. Flowers best in full sun and rich, slightly acidic, moist