Gelasine elongata Naomi Slade getting the maximum performance out

getting the maximum performance out of your Japanese iris  does not involve planting in a well-draining soil

Leaf Branch :: 36 cm long

Best grown in full sun in dry to medium moisture soils

A Gardener's Five Year Notebook from the RHS makes it easy to record what happens in the garden over a five-year period

Gelasine elongata Naomi Slade getting the maximum performance outAlso known as Gelasine azurea and Dimpled Iris, this striking, late spring early summer flowering white eyed, bright blue or violet flowered bulb slowly open in the morning like crocuses before further expanding into flared stars. Although each flower only lasts for one day the procession of flowers when plants on mass looks stunning. The flowers sit on stems that are about 50cm in length above clumps of long narrow pleated grey green leaves. This