Bearded iris

They're sure to be stunning

 

Iris has started flowering



Thanks for looking.

 

Wow! It's a bobby-dazzler isn't it?

 

That is a beauty scooby-mas I saw one very like it at the garden centre the other day called 'Rajah' took my eye straight away.
I have a few flowering now so I'll get snapping later, just off to have my tea

 

I love all of those irises. Beautiful!

I got some Siberian iris rhizomes which I put in quite late this year (April). There are shoots but I'm thinking I'm unlikely to see flowers this year, is that right? I'm up north and have put them in the sunniest spot in my not so sunny garden (nw facing). They get sun from about 9.30 am to 4pm. I'm in Yorkshire so a bit cooler here (not much though)

It doesn't help that apparently the slugs have decided iris are their new favourite snack. Pellets are down!

 

Mmm I wouldn't think they'd flower this year Reetgood I have a few Siberians,one's flowering now and the others are in bud about to flower, should have settled in enough to flower next year though if the rhizomes are a good size,know what you mean about slugs I caught one mid munch lol it'd chewed through the whole flower bud!!!!
A few more piccies of some of mine
'Immortality'

'Jane Philips'

'Action Front'

Unknown given to me by my mother in law years ago

And this siberian I grew from seed I collected in a park in Hammersmith on a weekend away :-)

 

Beautiful!

 

just the one...Andalou

 

Quick update, this was potted end off last year, basically my main iris is huge, I pulled a few rhizomes off the main plant and just popped them in a spare pot I had, thinking not a chance they will just die... I was wrong...

 

Ive just divided my Andalou today as it had spread too near the pond,i managed to get 4 but i dont think they will flower now until next yr

 

I'm going to pull a few more off end off the yr... What's the best stuff to pot them in?

 

Ive used B&Q verve compost,i would of planted them but ive not selected a spot yet

 

What's the white specks on the top of the compost? Something you put on?

 

@scooby-mas Its just perlite,i had a compost mix for my cannas already in the pot tray so i just used that