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With minimal care, these excellent naturalizers will reward the gardener with years of beauty. One of the best-known spring flowers, they will create classic combinations in clear, beautiful shades of yellow, white, purple and even bicolors when planted...
- ✓ Hardy and easy to grow
- ✓ Remove the lower leaves from the long, straight stems before placing into vases
- ✓ Perennial in zones 6-8, dig and store indoors in colder areas
- ✓ Growing instructions: Dutch Iris (Iris hollandica): select a site in full sun that drains well, loosen the soil and plant the bulbs 4 in. deep and 3 in. to 6 in. apart, placing 5 to 7 bulbs in the same area, water once after planting, in colder regions where the ground freezes, cover the area with a layer of mulch, after the flowers bloom, permit the foliage to ripen and turn yellow before removing, in 3 to 5 years, when flowering begins to diminish, lift the clumps of bulbs during dormancy, remove and replant the “bulblets” that form along mature bulbs
- Best Time to Plant: Spring
- Botanical Name: Dutch Iris