More hot weather tips for your pond plants

More hot weather tips for your pond plants

More tips for the continuing hot weather:

  • Cut back Iris pond plant foliage to 6" above usual water level once flowered.
  • Tall leaves use up a lot of water so reduce their height to reduce the load on the pond's limited water resources.
  • Do not cut back plants that are still in flower as still provide nectar and pollen for bees and butterflies.
  • Leave a 6" stem height on the plant leaf for dragonflies to climb up to leave the pond.
  • The central shoot of the leaf will regrow but the bulk of tall stems will be reduced and save water loss.

Take this opportunity to split some of your established pond Iris baskets too:

  • Remove some of the bulk you no longer need in the water when you split.
  • Don't divide all Iris in same year but spread out across 3 years
  • After flowering divide the big clumps into sections.
  • Throw away the old central area that looks like bare rhizome with few leaves on it.
  • Repot the leafing rhizomes & cut down leaf growth height
  • Use mesh baskets and aquatic soil
  • Set the plant back on a shallow pond shelf until rooted
  • Lower rooted basket to its final position in September to protect from Winter cold.

For more details on how to divide a Water Iris please see our Tips and Advice page.

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