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Old 19-06-2017, 10:50 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Pond Irises

On 17/06/2017 14:47, Chris Hogg wrote:
Your pond irises are marginal or bog plants, and should be either in
very shallow water or boggy soil clear of the water.


Ours have escaped into the flower bed next to the pond. It's quite damp
at times - and floods in winter - but right now it's solid clay. And
they are flowering nicely.

Unlike the fancy irises at the end of the garden, where for the 3rd year
in a row the flower buds have rotted before they opened properly, all
crinkly inside. Which sounds just like the OP's problem... I've been
meaning to post some piccies.

Andy