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Creating Iris Bed

18 years ago

As I have posted before I am locating and collecting my grandmotherÂs historic irises. When I find them, I dig and place in my potager. I am making an iris bed four feet wide and up to twenty feet long. What should the spacing be between varieties and between the plants of the same variety? Thanks for all your help, Rdeal - - At this time I have about 80 plants that have not bloomed and eleven different colors.

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bullthistle
18 years ago
Wow that's a lot of Iris. From my perspective I'd plant different varieties 2 feet apart and the same variety 1 foot apart and then plant a groundcover of sorts dispersed throughout like ajuga, thyme, coreopsis, etc. so you have some interest throughout the season.

Here is a link that might be useful: Propagating Perennials
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