That iris is so beautiful. Thanks for posting the photos Fairygirl. I was looking at Bearded irises on various online shops but was overwhelmed. Has your iris chrysographe naturalised or multiplied?
Not necessarily with the polemonium, I'd like more irises for just anywhere in the border. The dutch irises were at the front of the border this year..they were quite short actually and I planted them very late. My borders don't look as natural as yours. Probably because I have loads of flowers and not many grasses. One area has loads of crocosmia lucifer and this looks really nice. I thought Irises would give a nice look to the other parts of the flower beds.
I bought a couple of pots of Chrysographes at different times - they've not been in there long. Nothing has - the garden was non existent when I moved in a few years ago. They've spread a bit though. I find they like relibly damp soil rather than too dry. The flowers are very velvety and I love them when there's a few drops of rain on them
Dutch irises are the kind florists use - the flowers don't last very long. I suppose most irises are the same really, but when you have a decent clump of them you get a reasonable amount of flowers. They really need other planting nearby to give a good succession of flowers in a bed or border.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks for that info Fairygirl. That explains a lot - I did wonder why my Dutch irises didn't last very long! Mind you, I was still happy with them because they were really cheap and I planted them quite late. I had about 6 groups of 5 bulbs dotted around the garden and it looked quite nice. The leaves are still there actually, I haven't cut them off. But anyway I would love some bicoloured bearded irises, and your Chrysographes have caught my eye too! Loads of plants nearby so they won't be on their own.
Irises look good with grasses too wakeshine. I've just bought a dark reddish one - Uncinia rubra 'Everflame' which will work in my new hot border with dark irises and other orange planting, but I have a gold/olive Libertia near those Chrysographes iris, as well as a very dark Phormium and that clematis. Hackenochloa would also be lovely with them too for a sharp contrast.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I like how that little area has worked out. The clematis will be better next year as I couldn't get near it in spring to tie it in - builder's stuff everywhere!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's gorgeous Fairygirl -very inspirational and a lovely colour scheme. I would love to have some grasses but I don't know where to start! There was a green one I liked in either one of yours or Verdun's pics, but I don't know what it is, and I also saw it at a neighbours garden the other day. Also my main flower bed is literally just a very long oblong and no spaces at all at the front of the borders as I have flowers there. There is a semi-circular rockery which I re-did this year...but I haven't even really started to be creative yet because I was trying things out. I am waiting for dahlias (I planted too many) which are taking up too much space, to finish so I can start planning for next year, and I would like it to be mostly perrenials as I simply don't have time. I guess I might be able to put iris and grasses behind the lower height flowers. We also have a lot of roses...can you recommend grasses which might go with roses?
Also, is the phormium sharp hard edges or soft and flexible? I would like to avoid sharp plants as the rose thorns have really pricked me this year.
Wakeshine - I grow phormiums 'Cream Delight' and 'Yellow Flag', I have Spartina (green with fine yellow margins) and Hackenochloa in a bed together, and I have some carexes - 'Evergold'. Those are the only grasses I have, apart from the ones in that pic and the new Uncinia.
Some grasses are quite neat and small - that Uncinia is - so if you don't have a lot of space, you can have some of thoselittle ones. They work well with other vertical planting, in particular.
I used to have a lot of grasses, but I went off them a while ago, so only have those few here. Verd grows a lot of them so he'll have lots of suggestions for you to try.
It does depend on the look you want and the size of the space you have
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Posts
That iris is so beautiful. Thanks for posting the photos Fairygirl. I was looking at Bearded irises on various online shops but was overwhelmed. Has your iris chrysographe naturalised or multiplied?
Not necessarily with the polemonium, I'd like more irises for just anywhere in the border. The dutch irises were at the front of the border this year..they were quite short actually and I planted them very late. My borders don't look as natural as yours. Probably because I have loads of flowers and not many grasses. One area has loads of crocosmia lucifer and this looks really nice. I thought Irises would give a nice look to the other parts of the flower beds.
I bought a couple of pots of Chrysographes at different times - they've not been in there long. Nothing has - the garden was non existent when I moved in a few years ago. They've spread a bit though. I find they like relibly damp soil rather than too dry. The flowers are very velvety and I love them when there's a few drops of rain on them
Dutch irises are the kind florists use - the flowers don't last very long. I suppose most irises are the same really, but when you have a decent clump of them you get a reasonable amount of flowers. They really need other planting nearby to give a good succession of flowers in a bed or border.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks for that info Fairygirl. That explains a lot - I did wonder why my Dutch irises didn't last very long! Mind you, I was still happy with them because they were really cheap and I planted them quite late. I had about 6 groups of 5 bulbs dotted around the garden and it looked quite nice. The leaves are still there actually, I haven't cut them off. But anyway I would love some bicoloured bearded irises, and your Chrysographes have caught my eye too! Loads of plants nearby so they won't be on their own.
Irises look good with grasses too wakeshine. I've just bought a dark reddish one - Uncinia rubra 'Everflame' which will work in my new hot border with dark irises and other orange planting, but I have a gold/olive Libertia near those Chrysographes iris, as well as a very dark Phormium and that clematis. Hackenochloa would also be lovely with them too for a sharp contrast.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks for the complentary compliment, Verd
I like how that little area has worked out. The clematis will be better next year as I couldn't get near it in spring to tie it in - builder's stuff everywhere!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's gorgeous Fairygirl -very inspirational and a lovely colour scheme. I would love to have some grasses but I don't know where to start! There was a green one I liked in either one of yours or Verdun's pics, but I don't know what it is, and I also saw it at a neighbours garden the other day. Also my main flower bed is literally just a very long oblong and no spaces at all at the front of the borders as I have flowers there. There is a semi-circular rockery which I re-did this year...but I haven't even really started to be creative yet because I was trying things out. I am waiting for dahlias (I planted too many) which are taking up too much space, to finish so I can start planning for next year, and I would like it to be mostly perrenials as I simply don't have time. I guess I might be able to put iris and grasses behind the lower height flowers. We also have a lot of roses...can you recommend grasses which might go with roses?
Also, is the phormium sharp hard edges or soft and flexible? I would like to avoid sharp plants as the rose thorns have really pricked me this year.
Last edited: 23 September 2016 21:45:25
Wakeshine - I grow phormiums 'Cream Delight' and 'Yellow Flag', I have Spartina (green with fine yellow margins) and Hackenochloa in a bed together, and I have some carexes - 'Evergold'. Those are the only grasses I have, apart from the ones in that pic and the new Uncinia.
Some grasses are quite neat and small - that Uncinia is - so if you don't have a lot of space, you can have some of thoselittle ones. They work well with other vertical planting, in particular.
I used to have a lot of grasses, but I went off them a while ago, so only have those few here. Verd grows a lot of them so he'll have lots of suggestions for you to try.
It does depend on the look you want and the size of the space you have
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...