RE: Iris in Large Barrels
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] Iris in Large Barrels
- From: M* M*
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:28:04 -0400
Pat, I've grown I. pallida variegata in a barrel for a couple of years now
with annuals planted around it. The barrel doesn't really have good
drainage if you get downpours. It survived the rot last year as a result of
the endless rain last spring but didn't bloom this year.
Maureen
Ottawa, Ontario (zone 4)
> Hello All,
> I hope to be ordering some iris soon from various sources. Most will go
> in the
> ground in October, and I will be potting them temporarily in small
> pots.until
> that time. I do though have some large barrels that currently have
> impatients
> in them that really are not doing well. We just had our back landscaped,
> some
> trees removed etc. and now their is more sun then I anticipated. What I
> would
> like to do is remove the impatients and amend the soil with more potting
> soil,
> garden dirt and sand and then plant the iris in the barrels for a couple
> of
> years. They would look great in these barrels, displaying their flowers
> in
> spring and then when they have completed flowering I could add trailing
> flowers
> around the iris for the summer.
>
> Does anyone else do this, or is this detrimental to the iris and they
> really
> require being planted in the ground? I realize in pots/barrels that they
> would
> need to be watered regularly. If others do this, is the potting soil with
> fertilizer, garden soil and sand still okay for iris that will stay in the
> barrel/pot? Are there any other special needs?
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Pat
>
>
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