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Iris reticulata 'Harmony'


Iris reticulata 'Harmony' (Iris reticulata (Iris))

They're starting to flower - I was amazed to find several out today. :-)



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That's a beauty.

4 Feb, 2011

 

Thanks - I think the sun we had yesterday had a good effect! :-)

4 Feb, 2011

 

What a delightful photo.

4 Feb, 2011

 

Wow this is lovely, such colourful markings. Its really good to see some spring flowers in bloom, perhaps its going to be early this year, we certainly deserve it dont we?

5 Feb, 2011

 

Don't know what's happened to mine :o( I never have any success with them. They give a nice show the first year, and then nothing.
I see you have them in the ground Barbara. - I have always put them in pots. Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong

5 Feb, 2011

 

thats lovely!

5 Feb, 2011

 

Thanks. Yes, Hywel, they're all planted around the garden and come up every year. This bed was new last year, however - but you can see how well they've done in their second spring! :-)

I've just posted a photo of part of the bed they're in.

5 Feb, 2011

 

What a beautiful colour! Seeing them has cheered me up a bit. I might even be tempted to buy some: will they be okay to grow in my border? Do they prefer any particular soil or conditions?

5 Feb, 2011

 

Lovely Iris, Spritz! They are amongst my favourite spring flowers but I haven't grown them for many, many years. I'm not sure now but I may have grown them one or two years in Spain. I must grow them again! I've added this photo to my favs.

5 Feb, 2011

 

ooo so these are out now ............... ermmm have to ck mine . lovely by the way

6 Feb, 2011

 

I think they prefer the sunnier areas of the garden, G'sdad, but any soil is fine as long as it's well-drained.

They are lovely, I agree! :-)) Well worth growing.

6 Feb, 2011

 

I have these out too, a couple of weeks earlier than last year. Mine are actually in quite a shady spot.

7 Feb, 2011

 

I believe they need a sunny spot to perform best - but I agree, I have a few in a part-shaded area of the garden and they seem OK. :-)

8 Feb, 2011

 

That's a beauty Barbara, at last the gardens are looking a bit cheerful after the long winter.

11 Feb, 2011

 

went round the garden last nite ........... and low and behold they have all poped out !!!! i 4 got they where there ................. a lovely surprize !!!

11 Feb, 2011

 

;-)Yes, Docbob - the milder weather has worked magic!

Well, Cristina - you'd better out a marker there for next year. lol.

11 Feb, 2011

 

lol they are in my little spring bed ................ have took a pic , but going to list wots there .

11 Feb, 2011

 

Come on - where's the photo???

12 Feb, 2011

 

its comeing lol bin out to cke them again ........... but the wether is rubish !!!!
they are all dif colour . the one i got other day is called pixie

13 Feb, 2011

 

Yes, I've got that one. She's a little shorter and sturdier than the others, but a lovely colour. :-)

13 Feb, 2011

 

i dont know wot the others are called as i bought a bag of mixed bulbs , but the colour range from blueish ...to diff shades of purple and lilic

13 Feb, 2011

 

You could look at the ones in my plant list if that's any help.

13 Feb, 2011

 

may do that spriz ............. but of to do a clients hair now

14 Feb, 2011

 

When you've finished, my hair could do with some attention! ;-)

14 Feb, 2011

 

welllllll if you like to bob over lol .................. did mine last nite it was horrid !!! well in need of attention
but i hate doing mine , wen i fin work just want to be in garden or jamies haha ;0)))))
any way have put some pics on now .............

15 Feb, 2011

 

Hywel - I thnk they do better in a heavier soil. I've read that if the soil is too light, after they have finished flowering, the bulbs split into lots of smaller ones, too small to flower the following year. Heavier soils prevent this from happening. That's what the book said anyway

16 Feb, 2011



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