Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Iris => Topic started 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
-
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.
-
Maggi
Iris pallida variegata likes wet soil indeed but I mean Iris variegata the Hungarian Iris
-
I grow my different variegatas in a sonny and rather dry place in a gritty soil mixture. Just like my pumilas, reichenbachii…..
-
Maggi
Iris pallida variegata likes wet soil indeed but I mean Iris variegata the Hungarian Iris
Ah, sorry, my mistake.
-
Many years ago we saw Iris variegata flowering in vineyards by Lake Balaton in Hungary.
They grew there in full sun on dry soil.
-
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!