Differing in refined elegance, irises withhave long been used in decorative floriculture. Of all the abundance of species that are cultivated today throughout the world, blue and blue irises are an invariable success.
There are almost seven hundred varieties of thisculture, and each of them has its own admirers. The deserved attention of the flower growers is enjoyed by an impressive category of plants with intricate flowers - bearded irises. The name of this species is derived from the exotic form of the inflorescence, on long petals of which there are fluffy hairs-hairs. Bearded irises are classified by size: tall, medium, standard, curb, dwarfish. The most common of the bearded category is Germanic iris.
• Baltic Sea - corrugated blue iris with spectacular blue stripes.
• Bewilderbest - a culture with fimbriated purple flowers, covered with yellow-and-white strokes.
• Acoma - a variety with beautiful cornflower inflorescences, edged with a bright lavender strip.
There is also a conditional group of uncouth irises,It consists of such species as Siberian, Japanese, Louisiana, Californian, marsh, sporia and other species. Wonderful varieties of Siberian iris, the color of its colors includes the entire palette of blue-blue and violet shades.
Another representative of the group of non-native species -iris spuri. Large, unusual, elegant and similar to the bulbous xyphii, Spooria is a frost resistant hardy species. It includes such beautiful irises as:
• Lemon Touch - bright lemon with an outstanding dark golden signal, growing up to 1 m in height.
• Transfiguration - high (up to 1 m) violet or blue irises with a signal of the color of antique bronze.
• Stella Irene - magnificent purple-black flowers with a slight golden signal.
Special in the category of non-dated irises arevarieties of iris marsh, which is distinguished by the fact that it can develop qualitatively only in moist soils and is often used by landscape designers in decorating reservoirs.
• The Golden Queen.
• Flore Pleno.
• Umkirch.
Flowering irises - a magnificent sight.Different forms and colors of flowers attract both experienced florists and beginners. There is an opinion that the agrotechnics of care for irises are laborious and tedious, however, some of the subtleties that a gardener needs to know will facilitate this fascinating occupation. Let's talk about growing irises, their preferences and requirements.
There are plant features that you need to know:
• Irises - rhizome plants, which, growing horizontally, often denude rhizomes. For the winter they need to be sheltered, sprinkled with soil and peat, in the spring, this layer is carefully cleaned.
• These crops categorically do not like organic, so humic and other organic fertilizers are unacceptable for them, the best top-dressing are mineral water soluble in water;
• Rapid growth of the rhizome leads to a significantIt often disrupts the intended composition. Arrange the rows will help correct landing - planted irises, focusing on the fan of leaves, it should be located along the row, and not across.
• Planting holes are shallow. Excessive penetration of the rhizome will prevent the plant from blooming.
Plant and replant blue irises, like everyone elseothers, can be in spring, autumn or summer, immediately after flowering. Transplantation is necessary every 3-5 years, because overgrown plants no longer give full flowering and gradually degenerate.
All irises are light and thermophilic, they preferfertile, weakly acidic garden soils, well drained and not subject to a close groundwater approach. Before planting a crop, the selected piece of land is digested, introducing phosphorus-potassium fertilizers (50-60 g / m2). Excess soil acidity is neutralized with wood ash or dolomite flour (200 g / m2).Clay and loamy soils are diluted with peat and sand, and clay is added to the sandy soils. Before landing, the site is treated with a fungicide, for example, "Fundazol", or spilled with a weak solution of manganese.
Acquired planting material, whether blueirises of bearded species or related to non-human brethren, are treated with growth stimulators, for example, "Epin", "Zircon" or "Ecogel". Long, dried or rotten subordinate roots carefully pruned, rhizome disinfected in manganese solution for 20-30 minutes.
The technology of planting bearded irises is as follows:in the hole a sand is placed on the hole, on which the rhizome is horizontally laid, the roots are spread and covered with soil so that the top of the rhizome remains above the ground level. Then the soil is compacted and well watered.
But the rhizomes of non-mountain varieties when planted, on the contrary, slightly buried and mulched with peat or wood chips. The interval between plants should be maintained within half a meter.
Autumn or late summer is usually transplantedovergrown plants. Do this after flowering and until the end of September. Dig the iris bush of iris, divide the rhizome into annual links with a leaf spatula, gently shorten the roots, removing the damaged areas, and place for 2-3 hours in a solution of manganese cherry. Then, to improve the elasticity of the rhizome tissues, they are dried in the sun for 4-5 hours. Plant the prepared pieces in the same manner as described above.
Irises (except for marsh species) need reasonableirrigation, strictly controlled during the budding period. In this phase the plant should receive a sufficient amount of moisture, at another time water irises only when the soil at the roots becomes completely dry.
Weed removal is necessary throughout the wholeperiod of vegetation. Weeding is carried out manually, not using the usual garden tools, since the roots close to the ground surface are damaged. A couple of times over the summer will have to loosen the soil under the plant to improve the aeration of the roots. These manipulations also carry out carefully, without violating the integrity of the membrane of the rhizome.
The dried flowers should be removed, because in thempathogenic microorganisms or insect pests may settle. Both can significantly complicate the care of the plant and adversely affect its decorativeness.
For planted fertilizers in spring,made during the preparation of the site is enough. In the following years irises are fed once a season in the spring, during an active growth with a solution of phosphate-potassium fertilizers. They are brought under the root. But it is impossible to fertilize irises during the flowering period.
If an autumn transplant is not planned, then afterHow the plant will cease to bloom, you need to cut off the peduncles. The cherry leaves of the iris retain a certain decorativeness up to the coldest. Especially beautiful leaves are famous for white iris. Beginning to yellow the leaves cut off, and completely removed the leaves in the fall, cutting it at an altitude of 10-15 cm above the ground.
We listed the main stages of growing such aculture, like irises. Planting and care in the open ground on closer examination are quite simple, and the exquisite beauty of the plant will cause the florist to forget about some difficulties in the agricultural technology of garden works.
