After a brief diversion let's get back to plants for dry shade and it's another Iris for which I make no apology - I like Irises! This is Iris foetidissima. The specific epithet foetidissima means smelly, in practice this just means the leaves smell a little unpleasant if bruised, but its common name is the Stinking (or Gladwyn) Iris. This iris has evergreen fans of leaves and relatively insignificant flowers ranging in colour from yellow to purple. In the winter, however, the Gladwyn Iris comes into its own. The seed pods split to show a mass of brightly coloured seeds in shades of red orange and yellow. Cultivar 'Fructo Alba' has white seeds. Birds tend to ignore them so the display is long lasting. There are various cultivars apart from the one above. The species has flowers in various shades of purple, var. citrina has yellow and brown flowers, and 'Variegata' has green and white foliage. The latter is however not very free flowering.
Houghall Plant Centre is selling Iris foetidissima var. citrina from £2 a pot
