HOW TO PLANT YOUR DAYLILY / INCA LILY / CANNA LILY / IRIS

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"Excellent cut flower"
INCA LILY (Alstroemeria)

  • POSITION:  Sun or Partial-Shade (6 hrs morning sun)
  • SOIL:  Well-drained
  • HARDINESS:  Cold hardy
  • FLOWERING:  Late Spring - Autumn, dormant during cold Winters.

  • PLANTING & MAINTENANCE:
    • ​Depth:  A loose rhizome should be planted 10 cm deep; a bagged plant, at the same level of the soil inside the bag.  Ensure the tubers are spread out around the sides of the mound.
    • Spacing:  40 cm apart
    • Soil Preparation:  Add compost, 2:3:2 and bone meal/superphosphate.  
    • Watering:  Soak well to help plant settle.  Apply deep watering weekly in season with 1 or 2 lighter waterings.  Over-watering young plants will turn leaves yellow and cause rotting. Water only once a week during Winter.  
    • Fertilizing:  Fertilize at the onset of Spring.  Feed monthly with 3:1:5 to increase flowering and 8:1:5 can also be added when buds emerge.
    • Maintenance:  Divide every 3 years, after flowering in Autumn; or during Sep - Mar.  To remove spent flowers  or to pick fresh ones for the vase, pull stems near ground level rather than cutting.  This will also encourage new growth.
    • Handling:  Care should be taken when handling since stem joints are very brittle and easily broken.
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"Water-wise plant"
BEARDED IRIS (Iris)

  • POSITION:  Sun
  • SOIL:  Well-drained
  • HARDINESS:  Cold & drought hardy
  • FLOWERING:  Spring; Autumn rebloomers; Winter dormant.

  • PLANTING & MAINTENANCE:
    • ​Depth:  Make a mound in the center of the hole and place rhizome on top.  Spread the roots around the sides of the mound.  Cover the rhizome with only a thin layer of soil.  Ensure the top surface of the rhizome is level with or just slightly below the soil surface.  If you bury the rhizome too deeply, the plant may not flower.  It is good for the finer roots to be buried deeper.
    • Spacing:  40 cm apart
    • Soil Preparation:  Add compost, 2:3:2 and bone meal/superphosphate.  
    • Watering:  Water well twice weekly in season; once weekly during Winter.  Avoid frequent, shallow watering as over-watering is a common cause of soft rot problems.
    • Fertilizing:  Fertilize at the onset of Spring.  Feed monthly with 3:1:5 to increase flowering.
    • Maintenance:  Divide every 3-5 years, after flowering. Remove spent flowers to extend flowering season.


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"Stunning in groups"
INDIAN SHOT PLANT (Canna)

  • POSITION:  Sun
  • SOIL:  Well-drained
  • HARDINESS:  Cold & drought hardy
  • FLOWERING:  Spring - Autumn; Winter dormant.
 
  • PLANTING & MAINTENANCE:
    • ​Depth:  
    • Spacing:  60 cm apart
    • Soil Preparation:  Add compost, 2:3:2 and bone meal/superphosphate.  
    • Watering:  Water well twice weekly in season; once weekly during Winter.
    • Fertilizing:  Fertilize at the onset of Spring.  Feed monthly with 3:1:5 to increase flowering.
    • Maintenance:  Divide every 3-4 years, after flowering or early Spring. Remove spent flowers/stalks once frost has passed.​
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"Thousands of varieties"
DAYLILY (Hemerocallis)

  • POSITION:  Sun; Partial-shade for darker colours
  • SOIL:  Well-drained
  • HARDINESS:  Frost hardy
  • FLOWERING:  Spring - Summer; Autumn rebloomers; Winter dormant/semi-dormant/evergreen varieties.

  • PLANTING & MAINTENANCE:
    • ​Depth:  Make a mound in the center of the hole and place rhizome on top.  Spread the roots around the sides of the mound.  
    • Spacing:  40 cm apart
    • Soil Preparation:  Add compost, 2:3:2 and bone meal/superphosphate at the recommended rates.
    • Watering:  Water well twice weekly in season; once weekly during Winter.
    • Fertilizing:  Fertilize at the onset of Spring.  Feed monthly with 3:1:5 to increase flowering.
    • Maintenance:  Divide every 3-4 years, after flowering or during Spring/Autumn.
      • Split the clump using a sharp blade.  Placing two garden forks back-to-back in the clump of roots, and then wrenching them apart in opposite directions, can help to get the process started.  Once the clump has been divided into splits, each plant needs to have the leaves and roots trimmed down to reduce stress and encourage new growth.
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"Indigenous Summer Bulbs - Ideal Cut Flower"
GLADIOLI

  • POSITION:  Full Sun
  • SOIL:  Well-drained
  • HARDINESS:  Cold & drought hardy
  • FLOWERING:  70-95 days after planting.  
  • PLANTING TIME:  Sep to mid-Dec
  • HEIGHT:  1 m
 
  • PLANTING & MAINTENANCE:
    • ​Depth:  10 cm of soil over the corm
    • Spacing:  12 cm apart
    • Soil Preparation:  Add compost, 2:3:2 and bone meal/superphosphate.  
    • Watering:  Keep continually moist at root level.
    • Fertilizing:  Feed monthly with bulb food.
    • Maintenance:  Mulch 3 cm over top of soil.  Stake before flowering time. ​​

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