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Follow Rachel de Thame's video advice on planting irises, with tips on drainage, positioning and when to divide them.summerMore advice on growing irisesDividing irisesCreating an iris container displayDealing with iris leaf spotLayering bulbs in a

I have a SE facing Front Garden and I adore Big Blousy Bearded Irises I saw Irises Growing in shallow pans perched on raised tree trunks in the above I would like to recreate this effect . Could someone please tell me the best growing medium, what

to grow great irises

be moved after flowering. The bulb forms are easy to split the clumps up, burying at the same depth as before. I have the rhizome irises in my garden and they don't mind being moved, in fact they will grow anywhere but prefer a sunny position.  They are one

Hello there everyone, Last september I divided some bearded iris and made a new border at the foot of south facing wall. The irises seem to be growing well so am hopeful for at least a few flowers this year. I planted some foxtail lilles (eremurus

they were exactly. They must have a species name. I still don't know. Plant them now There are flag irises that grow from rhizomes Dutch rises have longer stems and grow from bulbs

better against a pale background - the darker varieties in particular get a bit lost against the naked soil of February.These irises are terribly easy to grow: plant the bulbs in autumn at about twice their own depth and wait. Clumps can be divided

. I don't want to grow alpines outside. My question is how do I look after the plants ( minature daffs, tulips, irises, saxifrage,eranthis,cyclamen etc.) when they finish flowering, so that they reflower just as well next season? I could bin them

referring to early bulb irises like Katherine Hodgkin or to later rhizome irises? I know that's the right advice for the latter.   Oops, I looked a the title and thought, who the heck is Iris Katharine Hodgkin! Sue  Gold1locks- any tips of how to establish

The sweet-smelling irises should be in flower by late-winter if the weather is mild. Before then, you can enjoy the foliage combination of the needle-like iris, the filigree ivy and the crimped fern. If you plant up this container feature in autumn