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This lovely Juno iris, photographed
on 14
February 2008, comes from the Pamir-Alai range in
Central Asia.
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I grow it in the alpine house in a compost
consisting of 30% JI 3 and 70% sandy grit with a little
bonemeal added.
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moisture on the foliage, so, when repotting it, which I
do annually, I fill the pot up to about a third with the
compost. I then place suitably sized cardboard cylinders
(made with light card and Sellotape) on top of the
compost and I drop the bulbs into the cylinders which
are filled with grit up to about 2 cm from the rim of
the pot. Compost is trickled around the cylinders and
gently firmed after which they are carefully removed,
leaving the bulbs snug and dry in a column of grit. The
pot is then topped off with grit and given its first
watering in November. This regime was recommended to me
by Erich Pasche who is a very successful grower of Juno
irises. I have had the plant now for four years and it
seems to be thriving |
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