Best Bearded Iris Bulbs

Provide your irises with good drainage.

Best bearded iris bulbs.

Iris will grow in deep shade but probably not flower. Perennial yellow bearded iris bulbs from china perennial stunning plants flower. Best bet bearded iris rhizomes plants bulbs two tone blue. Iris bulb planting times vary with climate and variety but typically for spring blooming flowers in u s.

Some afternoon shade is beneficial in extremely hot climates but in general irises do best in full sun. Remove seedpods that form after the blooms have faded. Make sure your iris get some shade during the day in hotter climates. Bearded iris need good air circulation.

Plant them a minimum of 16 to 18 inches apart less space for dwarf irises and more for tall bearded iris varieties. Bearded iris prefer at least 6 8 hours of sunlight a day. Iris grow from rhizomes and do best planted in a sunny perennial border where the soil drains well. Mulching helps the soil retain moisture and too much moisture will cause the rhizomes to rot.

Irises require at least a half day 6 8 hours of direct sunlight. Irises are very resilient surviving freezing conditions in winter and drought in summer. Tall bearded iris grow 3 or taller while intermediate bearded iris are great for border plantings and grow closer to 2 tall. The american iris society conducts annual popularity polls of tall bearded irises and then rank the top 100 tall bearded iris.

We suggesting planting bearded iris in late summer or early fall. If you receive bare rhizomes or irises in a container at some point earlier in the year go ahead and plant them as soon as convenient. In hot climates zones 8 11 they will tolerate 4 6 hours of sun. Stargazer perennials feed back reblooming bearded iris bulb rhizome very fragrant purple flowers easy to grow perennial plant 3 4 out of 5 stars 4 7 85 7.

A raised bed or planting on a slope are ideal places to plant iris. Here is a list of the most favored bearded irises. Bold beautiful bearded iris bloom in late spring. Bearded irises grow from rhizomes which are creeping stems growing along or just beneath the soil surface.

5 left 8 purple iris bulbs fall sale 14 99. Bearded iris prefer to be planted in well drained soil. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 to 10 the best time to do so is in july. With a great range of sizes available bearded irises are categorised as short intermediate or tall.

To improve drainage they can be planted on a slope or in a raised bed.