I love them, but have never been very successful with them. In the garden in Via Fucini, we planted 18 bearded irises, about five years ago, and I nurtured them carefully over time. They grew, and multiplied - to the extent that when it came to transplanting them to the garden here, I found I now had about 50 of the things! - but rarely did they bother to flower. Until now. This year, they are more than making up for lost time, and long may it last!
Tonight's Dinner:
Roast Lamb, with Roman Broccoli
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They seem to thrive on the stoniest ground. As long as the rhizomes can get baked by the sun they seem to produce prolifically. I have one that is perfumed and I'm waiting for it to open this week.
I think that's right...they weren't getting enough sun in their previous position; that and the fact that I gave them a very liberal top-dressing of potash around the middle of March, which seems to have helped.
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