I understand I should "deadhead" my iris after the flowers die. What exactly does that mean and how is it done.Thanks
The term dead head means to remove the dead flower. just pull the dead flower out of the stem. This encourages new blooms. A plant will continue to try
If I plant different colored iris in the same bed, overtime do the iris all turn one color?
no only new off spring would be different. you can prevent that by dead heading your flowers.
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Neighbor dug up a bunch of his in-full-bloom purple standard iris flowers for me and told me to plant them. They are beautiful. I planted them a week ago, and so far, so good (they
Yes, the iris just bloom once a year. You can leave them right in the ground, and once the blooms are over trim the leaves down to about 6 inches high,
Varieties
Most people immediately think of irises as the large flamboyant flowers, in all manner of wonderful colours, which grace the garden in May and June. These are the flag, German or bearded irises which have been so intensively bred and selected that the number of varieties now available is quite bewildering. Yet they are only one section of an immense family of , while others are tall and suitable for wet places or the shallow water at the edge of lakes. Collectively, they have a flowering season extending from January to July.
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