How to care for irises in the garden after flowering + plant health criteria

Funny gaggle irises (Kasatikov), gently swaying on a spike from the playful breeze blows, enliven the summer garden. Plants are allocated variability of colors and the unusual shape of the flower. One gardeners think that the blooming iris is like a tropical orchid, the other - on the whimsical butterfly, but someone does and sees the outlines of the petals of a dragon. And what does your imagination?

Irises in the area - it is always grateful and unpretentious plant. Let's take even a few bushes iridariem miniature garden. The flower is not the owner pesters endless whims and demonstrates a good bloom, even if not particularly care for him. For example, I often notice the irises in the flowerbeds at the high-rise buildings, overgrown with weeds, but beautifully blooming.

reference: Iridary - monotsvetnik of irises. A plot of land on which a caring Florist dropped only irises of different varieties. With a good imagination, taste and skills of primitive space planning, you can create an exquisite flower.

But undemanding to care - it does not mean that the plant can "score". And that is after flowering begins the most important in terms of botany and gardening process: iris It lays the flower buds from which next year by all the canons of Nature should be dismissed beautiful "butterfly". In the southern regions of Russia laid between June and beginning of July, in areas with cooler climates - in July and early August.

Important! I do not know whether to come to someone in the head cut irises. I hope not, because then you can not wait to bloom. But I have to write that it is impossible to do.

"I'm not doing anything and irises still bloom well" - an argument, after which I would like now to close the draft and to stop writing information, collecting it bit by bit. If I had not known: each plant has a limit of forgiveness for neglect.

Iris is luxuriously blossom for many years and then cease to produce buds or even "the abyss." Then you will read about how to do, it did not happen.

A little botanical tediousness and how to predict the flowering irises

In the publication in question is primarily about "bearded" Iris. Although it grows well in central Russia, the many varieties of garden plants were derived from German iris (Lat. iris germanica):

Despite the name, the birthplace of the flower has become the Mediterranean. This once again emphasizes the need for proper care of plants planted in the gardens of most of Russia - compensate cool climate warm care!

In his beautiful book, Gregory Rodionenko "Irises", released in 1981, on 2 main criteria of garden flower health is written as follows:

The reason for the lack of flower buds may be poor care. In this case, in the middle of summer leaf cephalic fan does not develop more leaves 3... 5 and the initiation of flower buds occurs. Flower buds are laid only at the base of the powerful leafy fans bearing 7... 9 leaves.

About plant status can be judged by the presence of waxy coating. On the leaves of a healthy, well podkormlennyh not affected by thrips irises even layer is a wax coating.

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Well, flowering iris began to wane. Yes, it was enchanting, but do not worry: will be replaced by other garden flowers! And we can tell iris "Thank you" proper care:

• Flowers that have already faded, break off. Dried stems cut off, too, because the dead tissue - an ideal environment for bacteria and fungi, are not always harmless to garden plants.
• In the rainy summer iris can become a target for pests (slugs, gladiolusovy trips) and diseases (bacterial blight, causing rot roots, fungal spot). Periodically inspect iridary and his time "sound the alarm" (read - to take appropriate measures).

• Irises old, Soviet training no doubt survive the harsh Russian winter for the Central line. Snow - the best shelter for them! But the variety of modern plant breeding better further cover fallen leaves, spruce branches, lutrasilom or other covering materials. Especially in regions with strong frosts or snowless winter.
• Rhizome irises at the age of 4-5 years is recommended share. The best time updates -vesna after the establishment of positive temperatures and warm soil, or July-early August. During these periods, bearded iris active, therefore recover faster after dividing and transplanting. This writes the Better Homes and Gardens, A grower's guide to bulbs.
• Bearded Irises growing on fertile soil, can be feed up rarely. For example, 1 time per year. My garden, unfortunately, not able to boast of a breeding ground. In this situation, the above-mentioned book of Gregory Rodionenko offers fertilize flower bed 3 for the season. Finally making necessary iris 2 weeks after completion of flowering. The author recommends to make phosphorus-potassium fertilizer (1: 1). I see no reason not to listen to the good advice!

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