Irises: cultivation and care

The name of a wonderful iris flower is translated from Greek as "rainbow". Often, irises are called garden orchids. This is a perennial plant with beautiful bright flowers, dense leaves and thick bulbous roots. To date, iris is widespread. This luxurious flower, which is in every garden, is also called bearded.

Iris is a light-loving flower, but does not like strong soil overmoistening. Tall grades of this flower are afraid of strong winds - the flower spike can bend or even break. Soil iris prefers well drained and light. Before planting a flower, the soil needs to be carefully prepared: clear of weeds, apply ash or bone meal. The soil is digged to a depth of 30 cm. Every three years it is desirable to divide the iris bush.

Irish Siberian - cultivation

Care and cultivation of Siberian irises is slightly different from growing other varieties. Iris Siberian is a very unpretentious plant that grows on almost any soil. Having a powerful root system, irises improve the structure of the soil, rid it of bacteria and fungi. Like other varieties of irises, Siberian iris is very fond of sunny places and moist soil. And this real Siberian is not afraid of any winds, it can be planted in any open place.

Cultivation of Dutch irises

Dutch irises instead of roots have an onion, which is different from other varieties. Another name is bulbous irises. The cultivation of Dutch irises occurs mainly for cutting in winter and early spring. They are very amenable to forcing, and also cost a long time cut in the water. In one place, Dutch irises can grow without a transplant for several years. To divide the bulbs, they dig them out in the autumn, dry it, divide the bulbs and again plant them in the ground. For winter, it is best to cover the plants with lagets.

Cultivation of irises from seeds

One of the variants of reproduction of irises is the cultivation of them from seeds. To do this, after falling off the petals from the flower, leave a few ovaries and by the autumn in the boxes will appear hard seeds of iris. These seeds must be sown in a pot of sand and put them in a greenhouse where they must winter. In the spring, seedlings will appear from these seeds, which grow up a little and land in the soil. In this way, only species irises can be propagated. And in varietal plants when multiplying by seeds, other forms and colors may appear in the flower.

At home, irises can bloom in you already in February. For the growing of irises at home, the roots of the plant are dug out in late summer, put in a suitable container and put on the lower shelf of the refrigerator. Then in early January the container is transferred to the southern window and starts to water moderately. And in a month the "northern orchid" can please you with wonderful flowers.