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Iris versicolor 'Kermesina'

The richest claret purple blooms

The Highlights

    • Rich claret purple flowers with yellow and white veining emerge from elegant grey-green arching leaves. This variety is free flowering with 3-5 flower heads per stem
    • Flowers from May to June
    • A hardy perennial with a slow rate of growth and superb disease resistance
    • Ideal for growing in the shallow edges of your pond or on shallow planting shelves within it
    • Irises are the perfect plants to encourage insects like damselflies and dragonflies to your pond, providing shelter and a sunny place to perch.
    • Marginal plants soften and add interest to the borders of your pond and are also suitable for planting in bog gardens or moist soil borders.
  • Harmful if eaten

Iris versicolor 'Kermesina'

The richest claret purple blooms
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The Highlights

    • Rich claret purple flowers with yellow and white veining emerge from elegant grey-green arching leaves. This variety is free flowering with 3-5 flower heads per stem
    • Flowers from May to June
    • A hardy perennial with a slow rate of growth and superb disease resistance
    • Ideal for growing in the shallow edges of your pond or on shallow planting shelves within it
    • Irises are the perfect plants to encourage insects like damselflies and dragonflies to your pond, providing shelter and a sunny place to perch.
    • Marginal plants soften and add interest to the borders of your pond and are also suitable for planting in bog gardens or moist soil borders.
  • Harmful if eaten

Know Your Plant

Supplied as:

Plant in 1L Aquatic Pot
Our 1L+ pond plants are supplied in Aquatic Pots which have a mesh-like structure allowing you to plant them straight into your pond. The pot maintains the root structure as it enters the water, but allows the plants to root out into the underlying soil.
3 Plants in 1L Aquatic Pots

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

60-75cm

Eventual spread:

30-60cm
Spreads to between 30-60cm within 2-5 years
30-60cm
Spreads to between 30-60cm within 2-5 years

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Claret purple
Claret purple flowers with white and yellow veining
Claret purple
Claret purple flowers with white and yellow veining

Habit:

Clump-forming
Upright flower stems emerge from clumps of foliage. These clumps spread over time to form colonies.
Clump-forming
Upright flower stems emerge from clumps of foliage. These clumps spread over time to form colonies.

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
Very hardy - does not need winter protection.
Fully hardy
Very hardy - does not need winter protection.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

30-60cm
Position plants at least 30cm apart to allow for spreading

Care Guide

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Virtually disease free. Keep an eye out for the Iris Sawfly - a pest whose larvae eat the foliage of waterside irises. They look like greyish-brown caterpillars up to 25mm long and initially eat v-shaped notches from the leaf margins before moving on to eat from the leaf tips downward. This isn't usually too serious and plants can recover, but it's a good idea to encourage predators like birds and ground beetles as well as regularly inspecting plants during the growing season and removing any larvae by hand.MORE

Water if planted in borders

Irises need moist or wet soil so although those planted in ponds will not need extra watering, you will need to keep an eye on them if planted in beds and borders, making sure to water in dry or hot weather as required.

Full sun to partial shade

Position where the plants will receive at least 4-6 hours of sunlight daily in spring/summer.

Clay or loam soil

Loam or clay soil is perfect. Any soil type will suit Irises as long as it is kept consistently moist.

Feeding may be needed

No feeding is needed if you plant your irises straight into a mature pond due to the nutrient content of pond water, but in a non-pond setting it's a good idea to feed in the spring, using a slow release general fertiliser. ?v=1613300718

For more care tips and ideas visit our Knowledge page

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