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Iris Germanica Blazing Sunrise
Make a statement in your garden with this graceful unusual germanica Iris, it will tower over your garden with a rainbow of colourful and exotic, orchid-like blooms. Blazing Sunrise is a stunning mixture of white over orange falls. This reblooming iris thrives on neglect, and will grow even in alkaline soils and dry spots.
Details Iris germanica Blazing Sunrise
- Cutflowers
- Fragrant
- Blooms: June - July
- Flower colour: bicolour
- Full grown: 2 Years
- Full grown height: 30 - 40''
- Plant spacing: 10''
- Hardiness: 5 Fahrenheit
- harmful if eaten
- Well drained
How to take care of Blazing Sunrise
Do not be alarmed by the dryness. Iris Rhizomes hate to be wet; it will not affect performance. Don’t worry about old spent dead roots; fresh ones will replace them. Plant Blazing Sunrise in a sunny position in well-drained moisture retentive soil! Pay attention to drainage in heavy clay soils, it's better to plant in raised beds.
Dig a shallow hole approx. 10 inches (25cm) in diameter or more and 4 inches (10cm) deep. Make a ridge of soil down the middle and place the rhizome on the ridge, spreading roots down both sides.
Fill the hole with soil and firm it gently. Cover the roots and rhizome with dirt, but don’t bury deeply.
Bearded irises have rhizomes (fleshy roots) that should be partially exposed, or thinly covered with soil in hot climates.
Water deeply during periods of drought! Apply fertilizer and a thin layer of compost around the base of plants each spring and again after blooming. To encourage a second bloom, cut flower stalks to the ground after the leaves have turned yellow.
Attention: Flowering may take one extra season, as Blazing Sunrise need to get settled. Divide rhizomes every 3-5 years in late summer. Replant immediately. We recommend protecting newly planted Iris especially in areas with harsh winters but once established if you cover iris your chance of soft rot increases.
Irises need to breathe.
