How?To Plant Iris Bulbs
How?To Plant Iris Bulbs. We choose to discuss planting this type of iris for several reasons. In most cases, to plant an iris bulb the soil composition consists of equal parts of garden soil, vermicompost and cocopeat.
The spectacular bearded iris grows from a rhizome, a lumpy looking mass of root that likes to sit right on the surface of the soil.
Plant iris bulbs while they are dormant, and water in well. In other words, you want soil that won't dry out in summer. Iris rhizomes grow from a horizontal plant stem that grows horizontally underground and sprouts new plants from nodes on its surface called a rhizome.the rhizome's main purpose is to store carbohydrates and proteins so. Iris plants come in two main forms: