Last year I posted on my lamentable failure to get Dutch irises to flower.

Someone - think it may have been Charlie? posted that they take a while to
establish, and I should keep at it.

He was quite right - thanks!

I think in previous years I'd given up on my bulbs when they didn't flower
the first year, but this time I kept watering, feeding, and didn't succumb
to the temptation to plant something else on top.

hey presto: irises.

Even the ones I planted into my 'naturalising bit' which have not had tlc
are now well in bud (3 years on from planting - at last!)

The ones that are in a south-facing bed against a stone wall & got fed &
watered are ginormous, blooming and look like they could be in a florist's
window.

I'm posting this in case anyone else is looking at a bunch of what looks
like 'fat grass' this year and wondering what they did wrong ;-).

Victoria
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gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
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Last year I posted on my lamentable failure to get Dutch irises to flower.

Someone - think it may have been Charlie? posted that they take a while to
establish, and I should keep at it.


Yes twas me! mine are graet this year I planted another 200 and shall put
more in again next year, I particuarly like the very blue ones.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

He was quite right - thanks!

I think in previous years I'd given up on my bulbs when they didn't flower
the first year, but this time I kept watering, feeding, and didn't succumb
to the temptation to plant something else on top.

hey presto: irises.

Even the ones I planted into my 'naturalising bit' which have not had tlc
are now well in bud (3 years on from planting - at last!)

The ones that are in a south-facing bed against a stone wall & got fed &
watered are ginormous, blooming and look like they could be in a florist's
window.

I'm posting this in case anyone else is looking at a bunch of what looks
like 'fat grass' this year and wondering what they did wrong ;-).

Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
--