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Specific Families and Genera => Iris => Topic started by: John85 on April 02, 2020, 07:18:00 PM

Title: Iris variegata
Post by: John85 on April 02, 2020, 07:18:00 PM
What kind of soil does it need?
I lost mine this winter and so did a friend
May be too wet?It was growing in ordinary good garden soil
Title: Re: Iris variegata
Post by: Maggi Young on April 02, 2020, 07:46:26 PM
I thought  it  liked  wet soil?  With some  chalk?  Might  it  have  had  its  roots eaten by  vine  weevil grubs? They seem to like  Iris.
Title: Re: Iris variegata
Post by: John85 on April 03, 2020, 07:19:46 AM
Maggi
Iris pallida variegata likes wet soil indeed but I mean Iris variegata the Hungarian Iris
Title: Re: Iris variegata
Post by: Pauli on April 03, 2020, 08:06:03 AM
I grow my different variegatas in a sonny and rather dry place in a gritty soil mixture. Just like my pumilas, reichenbachii…..
Title: Re: Iris variegata
Post by: Maggi Young on April 03, 2020, 12:37:06 PM
Maggi
Iris pallida variegata likes wet soil indeed but I mean Iris variegata the Hungarian Iris
Ah, sorry, my mistake.
Title: Re: Iris variegata
Post by: ruweiss on April 03, 2020, 09:10:58 PM
Many years ago we saw Iris variegata flowering in vineyards by Lake Balaton in Hungary.
They grew there in full sun on dry soil.
Title: Re: Iris variegata
Post by: timothyloe on April 14, 2020, 03:02:05 PM
Iris variegata and its forms are usually easily grown; a good, free-draining garden soil with a little added lime, in full sun should suit it perfectly.  I grow mine in pots, in a gritty compost, and left out all winter and have had no problems.   Perhaps you were just unlucky with a particularly delicate clone!   
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