Cottage Garden Blue Siberian Iris Seeds

Cottage Garden Blue Siberian Iris seed

A pretty herbaceous clump forming plant, 'Siberian Iris' is hardy in the UK and gradually spreads outward forming a hollow clump. Divide, split and move every 5-10 years. Cut back when brown in late autumn

Perennial Eryngium blooms from May through to June in a single mass flush.  Tolerates most soil and situations and is drought tolerant

Blue Siberian Iris forms a low clump or mound around 18-inch tall and across. Does best without too much competition, so don't over crowd in mixed borders. Siberian Iris seed pods can be left to stand and dries to brown lasting most of the early winter, looks great when frosted.

Great architectural value and well worth growing in a mixed cottage garden border.

Why Grow Siberian Iris?

• 🏡 Ideal for Mixed Cottage Gardens – Producing lots of flowers in May and June. A traditional heirloom cottage garden flower, perfect for rustic mixed cottage gardens plantings.
  

• Disease resitent and very hardy, and reliable
• Late Spring flower power and has real impact in the middle os a border or in large drifts

Growing Information:

• 🌱 Sow: in late summer scattered on seed compost with a covering of gravel. leave outside to get frosted over winter for germination in early spring. Split into clumps and plant out into the flowering position in summer.
  

• ☀️ Position: Ideal full sun, or mixed border and tolerates very poor and gravel-filled soils. Drought tolerant when established.

• 📏 Spacing: Loves growing as a lage specimum clump in gravel or large pots. Mature plants can form spreading hollow crowns 18-36-inches across. Split and replant when this happens.

• 🌾 Harvest: seed from brown seed head in Autumn and sow as above.