How to Plant Rock Garden Iris
For planting rock garden irises, follow these guidelines: One problem with the little rock garden iris is that during the first year of planting, it flowers just fine. After that, for some reason the plant just sends up leaves and each original bulb splits into tiny rice-grained-sized bulbs. These tiny bulbs don’t have the food reserves to help support the production of flowers. Deeper planting helps, and so does extra nourishment. You can apply liquid fertilizer in very early spring while the leaves are actively growing, or you can work around this issue by just planting new bulbs each spring. These bulbs are inexpensive enough that this solution isn’t that bad.
Forcing Rock Garden Iris
Rock garden irises are a very easy to force. Just plant some of them in the fall at the same time as you plant other bulbs outside. Follow these steps:
