Iris
August 14th 2008 10:32
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For Flower Lovers
Iris ensata
The Iris is popular for its variety of beautiful blooms adding colour to borders and gardens in spring and early summer. Flowers can be found in all colour and combinations except scarlet.
When choosing a position in the garden for these plants try for a sunny well drained spot. If the soill is poor try adding something organic. The Japanese Iris are the only ones that do poorly in lime soil all other varieties thrive on lime. There are two main groups.
Rhizome-rooted. A rhizome is a thickened creeping rootstock sometimes small and compact other times large and conspicuous as in the well known bearded Iris. Rhizomeous Iris will spread and multiply easily if given good growing conditions, to keep growth vigorous its a good idea to fork through and divide every four or five years after flowering has finished.
Bulbous-rooted are the other group, this type all have true bulbs like daffodils, bulbous Iris can be left for several years, to multiply you lift the bulb when all growth has withered and seperate the bulblets when well dry. Replant from Feburary till April.
Iris a versatile plant can be grown in a pot, beautiful cut flower. One to keep an eye out for at school/church fetes, garage sales, or gardeners with large clumps that like to trade plants.
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