The "Flowertastic" mix is all about the iris. Fresh from the garden.
With this mix, you'll be sitting pretty surrounded by flowers for months. The Iris germanica (bearded iris) "Flowertastic" mix. It features ten different irises. All in one package!
You will receive the "Flowertastic" mix as bare-root stock in sugar cane sacking. This is more environmentally friendly than plastic nursery pots. The roots are shipped fresh from the ground. They are already one year old. This gives them additional strength, enabling them to grow faster than they would in a nursery pot. Plants grown from bare-root stock also adapt to their new environment more easily. They flower better and they are more economical. Bare-root stock plants grow when it becomes warmer. These are winter-hardy perennials, so they return every year. The Iris germanica is best planted in the fall.
These bearded irises begin flowering at the end of spring. They can be planted in flowerpots or separately around the garden, in full sun. The bearded iris handles dry weather well. However, the roots should be watered immediately after planting.
This mix contains:
- 2 orange/pink Iris "Battle Star"
- 1 purple/white Iris "Burgmeister"
- 1 yellow/white Iris "Glacier Gold"
- 1 orange/yellow Iris "Spreckles"
- 1 white/purple Iris "Loop the Loop"
- 1 orange Iris "Glazed Orange"
- 1 blue Iris "Jane Philips"
- 1 black Iris "Study in Black"
- 1 red Iris "Tangerine Charm"