I’m sure you know by now I love an Iris, especially a Bearded one in all it’s forms. It’s dividing time now and I am busy digging and dividing and composting old bits. I am reminded of how lovely they were this Spring did you see them on our Instagram page? they looked a bit…
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Plant of the Month – May – Iris
Plant of the month in May will always be an Iris for me, closely followed I will admit by a Peony. The only way to describe it is that I got into Irises by accident which you can read about in more depth here But once in it’s very hard to let them go. The…
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How to: Propagate and Divide bearded iris
The Process of Division As we got towards the end of dividing nearly 700 plants there was quite a rhythm to the process and it became much faster. I wonder if the big Iris nurseries do this task by hand or if there is some machine that lifts the iris for them?. If is it…
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Competition – Win Rare Irises
Well it’s that time of year again for the Iris collection only this year it’s dividing time, which means satisfying lots of orders and giving some to wonderful charitable groups but this year I’d like to promote my Newsletter and blog and get some LIKES for my Facebook page. I know shameless marketing and networking!…
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Iris
It’s usually May that’s my busy month with Iris but this year it’s all been a bit delayed with a sudden cold snap and then the winds and then the next cold snap and, well you get the picture. Happily my lovely collection of Iris have managed to flower really well this year, taking advantage…
Continue ReadingThe Collector (Nerd)
As well as being a Garden Designer I, like many others, am fairly fanatical about plants. So much so that a few years back I started collecting the apparently unpopular Miniature Tall Bearded Iris. It’s daintier and makes a much better cut flower than it’s big brother the Tall Bearded Supported by Plant Heritage and…
Continue ReadingGarden Visit – Barrington Court
On a whim a couple of weeks ago I went ‘nursery trawling’ in the south west-ish of England. I collect Iris, specifically Miniature Tall Bearded iris but of late I have been expanding into Tall Bearded and Standard Dwarf Bearded. The best place to find them is at a specialist, not because they have better…
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Hybridising Iris
We have had a collection of beautiful little Miniature Tall Bearded Iris for about 2.5 years now and this year we are doing so hybridising, just for fun to see what we can cross and create, if anything. We have some unknown hybrids from last year that have bloomed, but they are temperamental things and…
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