Iris 'Dwarf Mix'
"Mixed dwarf iris"
Orders placed before 1 September 2024
You can expect your order in August/September
Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2024
You can expect your order in September/October
Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2024
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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Description
Let spring start early in your garden with a cheerful mix of jewel-like Iris reticulata! Often flowering as early as February, planting a bunch of these diminutive bulbs is a sure-fire way to dispel the winter blues and start looking forward to the good things in life! Iris 'Dwarf Mix' comes in positively radiant colours, with sunshine yellow contrasting beautifully with soft lilac blues and deeper amethyst purples. These colours look scintillating in a ray of spring sunshine, but equally they will light up a dull, grey day.
With the typical upright flags and painted falls of iris, but in dwarf form, Iris reticulata is a little beauty of a bulb that is becoming an increasingly popular way of extending the growing season by starting early! They are easy to grow, enjoying a free-draining soil mix in a bright spot, just ensure that they don’t get too wet over winter. Iris 'Dwarf Mix' make perfect subjects for pots, making it easy to bring them under cover in especially wet weather. These mixed dwarf irises can also be grown in the ground, in large groups for best impact, so that their jewel-like blooms will emerge like magic to paint your garden with early colour.
Key features
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Perfect for pots
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Comes back every year
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Loved by pollinators
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Naturalising
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Thrives well in full sun
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Packed in paper bags
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Low maintenance
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RHS Award (AGM)
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Fully hardy
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Rodent resistant
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Iris reticulata
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Flower colour
Various colours
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Bulb size
6/+
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Established height
10-20cm
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Established spread
5-10cm
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Plant spacing
120 bulbs per m2
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Leaf colour
Green
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Habit
Upright
Clump-forming -
Life cycle
Perennial
Naturalising -
Hardiness
Fully hardy
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Years to establish
1st year
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Sunlight
Full sun
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Position
Sheltered
Exposed -
Suitable for
Pots
Large containers
Borders
Gravel gardens
Coastal gardens
Rockery
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Free draining
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Soil type
Loam
Sandy
Stony
Loam-based compost
Multipurpose compost -
Growing skill
Easy to grow
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Scented
No
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Pollinator-friendly
No
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Mouse resistant
Yes
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Rabbit resistant
Yes
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Deer resistant
No
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Toxicity
Skin/eyes irritant
Harmful if eaten
Plant calendar
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Plant your Iris 'Dwarf Mix' bulbs from mid to late autumn;
Plant in borders or containers in sun or partial shade;
Plant your "Mixed dwarf iris" bulbs two to three times as deep as the bulb is high;
Space the bulbs about twice the bulb diameter apart;
Place the Iris 'Dwarf Mix' bulbs with the pointed side facing upwards.
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Orders placed before 1 September 2024
You can expect your order in September 2024Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2024
You can expect your order in October 2024Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2024
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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