Bearded Iris Purple Serenade
SKU: 41IRIS
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Overview
This ruffled beauty boasts colossal blooms, measuring up to 7" from top to bottom and 4 1/2" across, making this a true must-have in the spring garden. Purple Serenade, like all Bearded Iris, is also fabulously-easy to grow. (Iris germanica)
key features
Botanical Name
Iris germanica
Advantages
Deer Resistant
Growing Zones
Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Soil Moisture
Well Draining, Average
Mature Height
37" tall
Mature Spread
Plant rhizomes 12-24" apart
Bloom Time
Late spring to early summer
SKU
41IRIS
Description
Plant Purple Serenade once for huge, gorgeous blooms year after year, multiplying each season. Imagine these purple beauties in a spring bouquet!
Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. Your iris roots will arrive with the foliage "trimmed" from this spring's growth. You'll find the "root" is not really a bulb, but what is called a "rhizome"--an irregularly shaped bulbous root that grows at a right angle from the foliage. Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.
Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome. What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by.
