Iris x hollandica 'Montecito'
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
Lemon meringue pie is one of my favourite puddings and it makes a great colour combination, brilliant lemon yellow, so good against pure white
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- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
Product details
- Type
- Perennial
- Soil
- Neutral - Alkaline
- Flowers
- May - June
- Height
- 60cm (24in)
- Common name
- Dutch Iris
- Moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Cultivation
- Plant bulbs 15cm deep and 1cm apart in groups. If your soil is heavy you can incorporate grit into the bottom of the planting hole.
Care Tips
Water in well after planting. Old flower stems and any dying foliage can be cut back in autumn. Apply a mulch of garden compost or well-rotted manure in spring. Caution: harmful if eaten.
Flowering Time
May - June
