Despite the beauty and refinement, irises are rather unpretentious. For this reason they most often decorate city beds and garden sites, being pleasing to the eye the bright and big colors.
Besides the beauty, irises have pleasant aroma therefore everyone tries to grow up on the garden site at least one-two species of this remarkable flower.
Features of irises
As well as all flowers, irises very much love water and sunlight, however, It should be noted that watering has to be moderate, but regular, especially in hot time. To receive beautiful and abundant flowers, on spring it is necessary to loosen the soil around and to delete weeds.
Landing of irises
It is the best of all to make landing in the summer, right after blossoming. For this purpose it is necessary to cut off sharp knife leaves ""on lodge"" so that the triangle has turned out. You should not attach it particular importance, it is possible just to make cutting on the flat line. Leaves have to remain within 15-20 centimeters high with you.
It is possible to process rhizomes special growth factors, but it not indispensable condition, irises take root perfectly. Landing depth directly depends on root length, they should be straightened and powdered with soil, having left a little rhizome on surface. It becomes to prevent rotting. Distance between roots of flowers - not less half a meter.
Care for irises
Here everything is simple: to water moderately, watering needs to be made slightly more in hot days. In time to weed. After blossoming to remove flowers, otherwise they will become nursery for wreckers, by fall it is possible to cut off half leaves, by spring they will dry up and they should be moved away to give the chance to appear new. Irises it is possible to feed up any flower fertilizer, however, it is necessary to do it not during blossoming.
For the winter they can be covered with fir-tree branches or sawdust. By April they should be slightly opened to pass air and not to allow flowers to be evaporated. After passing of frosts - to open completely. In the southern regions it is not obligatory to cover them.
Flowers long-term and, having planted correctly once, irises will please you for many years with the fine blossoming.