Iris flower - meaning, symbol
Iris petals have a bizarre, unusual shape and resemble strange butterflies fluttering in flight. This is especially noticeable when a light breeze blows and the flowers sway. The iris is so loved that it is not only worshiped as a beautiful flower, but dances are also dedicated to it. This is what the iris looks like when dancing.
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In Japan, irises represent the fortitude and courage of warriors. Probably because the leaves of these flowers resemble Japanese swords. The flower itself, with its unusual shape and color scheme, echoes the universe, which is boundless in its uniqueness.
- Blue and light blue irises , reminiscent of the color of the sky, represent calm and are believed to improve well-being and relieve stress.
Blue irises
- Pink-purple irises embody the dream of heavenly life on Earth. Contemplating these flowers, a person is immersed in a world of dreams and fantasies.
Pink irises
- White irises symbolize purity and perfection. Such irises can be used in bouquets for special occasions.
White irises
- Red-yellow irises resemble the color of the sun at its zenith and sunset. Such flowers lift your spirits and charge you with energy.
Red-yellow irises
Beautiful bouquets of white, blue, red, yellow, purple irises with your own hands: photo
- A bouquet consisting exclusively of irises may look clumsy and not reveal all the beauty of this flower.
Bouquet of blue irises
- But, if you make a bouquet of irises of different colors, it will be bright and take on a new meaning.
Bouquet of irises of different colors
- But if you include irises and less bright small flowers in the bouquet, you will get a very delicate, beautiful bouquet.
Bouquet of irises
- There are also more daring combinations of irises with gerberas and roses. When composing such a bouquet, it is important to capture the harmony and emphasize the beauty of each flower.
Bouquet of irises, gerberas and roses
- And if you add a little beautiful greenery to the irises, the bouquet can sparkle with completely different colors.
Irises combined with beautiful greenery
- A delicate bouquet of white lilies and blue irises can be an original gift for any occasion.
Bouquet of lilies and irises
Bearded irises
Bearded irises are very common in landscape design. They combine several classes and are the largest group. They differ in height, which must be taken into account when using them in landscape design.
It is very interesting to create an iradarium in the garden. This is a flower garden that is built on a composition from one crop. Its dimensions correspond to the size of an average flower bed.
Irises are in demand in garden landscape design. With the help of successful iris combinations, your garden design can be completely transformed. In the iridarium you can place several varieties of irises of different colors. Plantings are carried out in groups, the gap between them is filled with small stones. At the same time, do not forget to leave free space, which will be filled by overgrown plants as they grow.
Important ! It is not recommended to plant plants in rows; it is better to plant asymmetrically, like on an alpine hill.
The boundaries can be either fuzzy or limited by stones of various sizes.
Interesting . The Iridarium will look harmonious even on a retaining wall.
You can supplement such a flower garden with the help of cereals, but you should not be zealous; 2-3 groups of cereals are enough. Ceramics or various forgings are used to decorate the iridarium. These can be vessels of various shapes, original benches and bridges, a carved fence.
How to plant irises beautifully? Additional decorations of the iridarium are very important - the flowering period of irises is not very long. The rest of the time, the flower garden will simply delight the eye with greenery. Therefore, the introduction of additional elements is necessary.
Bearded irises amaze with their beauty and diversity - they can be either one-color or two-color, two-tone, iridescent and bordered. With their help, it is easy to decorate the landscape, creating a bright flower garden from it.
What flowers go well with irises in a bouquet?
The bouquet, which is shown in the photo below, refutes all stereotypes. It is composed of flowers of different colors and shapes, and yet it is harmonious.
Bouquet of colorful flowers
- Almost all garden and wildflowers can be combined with irises. Perhaps you shouldn’t include them in a bouquet with gladioli.
Bouquet with irises
- If you add greenery to the composition, and arrange irises and other flowers in symmetrical color spots, you will get a variegated bouquet pattern.
Variegated bouquet with irises
- If you match purple irises with flowers that are a shade brighter or dimmer, you will get an unusual purple rainbow.
All shades of purple in a bouquet with irises
Rules for registering a luxury iridarium
Using perennials you can create a beautiful flower bed or even a miniature colorful garden. The latter option is very popular in garden decor and is called iridarium. To decorate it, different varieties and types of irises are used. Designers skillfully select plants according to shades, flowering times and height.
Attention! In addition to the plant component, the iridarium is characterized by the presence of a pond, garden furniture, interesting stones and gravel.
The easiest option is to create a monoflower bed from your favorite varieties. The main thing is that they are in harmony with each other. If you want to create a luxurious flower garden, follow these recommendations:
- Plant two-color varieties on a plain background. A regular lawn will do.
- Do not combine multi-colored crops in one area. To accompany them, choose conifers or crops with pale foliage.
- Maintain certain intervals between different varieties. For small irises, a distance of 10-15 cm is suitable, for medium-sized ones - 15-20, for tall ones - 35-40 cm.
- Place tall species in the background, and the smallest ones in the foreground.
Bouquet of irises and tulips
- Tulips and irises are one of the first spring flowers. Such bouquets invariably delight the eye with their freshness. They remind you that winter is behind us and a warm spring is ahead.
Spring bouquets of tulips and irises
- Making a bouquet of tulips and irises is not difficult. Simply mix these flowers, arrange them loosely in the bouquet and wrap the bouquet in beautiful packaging.
Bouquet of irises and tulips
Features of flower garden care
In order for irises to grow and develop normally, it is recommended to properly care for them. These flowers need sufficient light and humidity. It is especially important to water the plants during the budding stage. Subsequently, it is worth moistening the soil only when it is completely dry at the roots. Many gardeners are sure that flowers can hardly tolerate transplantation. However, in reality this is not the case. It is recommended to divide the bushes immediately after flowering. To do this, you should carefully dig up the roots so as not to damage them.
In order for the flowers to develop normally, it is recommended to treat the rhizomes when planting. If the irises begin to fade, it is worth adding liquid phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.
Timely weeding is of no small importance. It is recommended to remove weeds manually. This is due to the structure of the root system - it is located on the surface. It is worth considering that irises are susceptible to various diseases and pests. Therefore, it is worth monitoring the development of plants during the growing season. If signs of rot appear, it is recommended to get rid of the infected plant and spray neighboring bushes with Fundazol solution. It is recommended to treat the rhizomes with the same product before planting. This will help minimize the risk of developing diseases.
Bouquet of irises and roses
A bouquet of roses is considered a universal gift for all occasions. Romantic meetings, weddings, anniversaries and even sad moments cannot be done without it. If such a bouquet is given to a woman by a man, she can be quite sure that this man is not indifferent to her and may even be in love with her.
Every woman dreams of such a bouquet
A bouquet of irises and roses can be delicate if the roses have a soft shade and dazzlingly catchy if the roses have a rich, bright color.
Delicate bouquet of roses and irises
In a bouquet of roses and irises, irises can play both a major and a secondary role. This way they can emphasize the beauty of roses and, along with these beauties, act as the main characters of the bouquet or be completely invisible. If you want to give a bouquet to a bright woman, choose roses of rich color and irises of the same rich color.
Bright bouquet of roses and iris
Setting up a continuous flowering garden
Every owner wants his garden to have flowering plants almost all year round. How can this be achieved?
There are certain rules here:
- The site of the future flower garden is divided into small areas with different seedlings in each of them. Moreover, such a combination is provided so that the flowering time of different plants in each segment does not coincide, i.e. one flower fades and the other blooms.
- To ensure continuity of flowering in the garden from March to November, it is necessary to have enough space on the site to plant a large number of plants. It should be taken into account that, depending on the size of the plants, from 2 to 10 bushes can be planted per square meter of flower bed. Therefore, to solve the problem of creating a continuously blooming oasis, it is necessary to have an area of at least 2-3 square meters.
- A big difficulty when creating a blooming garden is the compatibility of plants and taking into account the various features of caring for them. For example, for good flowering, bulbous plants require fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers, and rhizomatous perennial plants, when there is an excess of nitrogen, grow to the detriment of flowering. In addition, bulbous, early-blooming flowers fade when perennials are just preparing to bloom. And digging up bulbs after they bloom can damage neighboring plants, which will affect their flowering. Therefore, it is preferable to plant bulbous plants that do not require generous fertilization and annual digging.
- Perennial flowering plants do not always have time to bloom at the time when the primroses fade, because they need a certain time to take root on the site. Therefore, it is good to plant annuals between early flowering and perennial plants, which will cover the fading primroses and bloom the flowerbed. Such flower garden rescuers include pansies, forget-me-nots, and daisies.
- It is also necessary to take into account that not all plants harmoniously combine the attractiveness of the flower, the beautiful shape of the leaf and the colorfulness of the greenery. Therefore, it is necessary to correctly arrange various flowers so that some “cover up” the shortcomings of others.
Bouquet of chamomile and irises
Chamomiles and irises look good in a bouquet of wildflowers. It's no secret that many women like just such bouquets.
Bouquet of irises and daisies
They are less pompous than bouquets of garden flowers, reminiscent of walks in the field and forest. And if women value not the external shine, but the meaning and inner subtext of a bouquet, give them daisies with irises.
Bouquet of daisies, sunflowers and irises
What to plant next to moisture-loving and dwarf varieties?
Dwarf varieties of irises are preferably planted between large stones and cobblestones. This option will be a godsend when decorating a rock garden or alpine slide. Good neighbors in this case would be crocuses, dwarf phlox or juniper.
Dwarf irises look great with primroses. The best neighbors for them are:
- alyssum;
- spurge;
- phlox;
- tulips.
Daffodils or imperial hazel grouse will be an equally winning combination for iris. A gazebo, balcony or veranda can be decorated with a dwarf iris planted in a flowerpot. To keep the pot open during the season and pleasing to the eye, you can plant beautiful and unpretentious annuals (for example, petunias) there.
When decorating rock gardens, rock alyssum, phlox, and Caucasian rhizome are planted together with dwarf irises. They also harmonize with roses, without at all interfering with their development.
If there is a small body of water on the site, then moisture-loving varieties of irises will become a worthy decoration of its banks. These include Siberian and Japanese varieties. Swamp varieties are grown directly in shallow water. Such flowers do not require special care and are unpretentious. Beardless species are planted in the shade, since bearded species in such conditions are not able to please with lush flowering.
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Along with irises, not only annual but also perennial flowers are planted in the flowerbed. This allows you to update the compositions every year and avoid monotony. It is important to take into account that there is enough space between the bushes for planting new plants and that the roots do not close too closely. Flowers are planted carefully so as not to damage the roots of the perennial. The mixes are made in such a way that throughout the season the flowerbed looks elegant and tidy, and no voids or bald patches form on it.
A combination of annuals and perennials in one flower bed is suitable for creative individuals who want some variety from year to year. Unpretentious irises go well with marigolds, petunias, zinnias, asters, and eustomas. Aromatic tobacco or night violet planted between the bushes will help make the flowerbed not only beautiful, but also fragrant. And the spreading thuja growing in the background will make any composition bright and complete.
Bouquet of irises and gerberas
Gerberas are very bright flowers. They can decorate any bouquet. Against the background of gerberas, the irises are somewhat lost, but overall the bouquet looks very attractive.
Bright bouquet with gerberas and irises
In combination with white gerberas, irises are not lost and the main focus is on them.
Irises in a bouquet with white gerberas
Description and distinctive features of the flower
Irises are perennials that have many hybrid varieties. In addition to the color of the petals, they differ in size, flowering periods and soil composition requirements. There are 2 types of culture. Bearded varieties include flowers that have petals arranged in even tiers. The outer ones are lowered down, and the upper ones are raised and form a dome. The outer fragments are covered with hairs resembling a beard.
All varieties of irises have different petal colors. There are monochromatic crops or plants that have different shades. Some flowers have petals of different colors. Iridescent inflorescences with a red border look attractive.
A feature of the crops is the superficial location of the roots. Bearded hybrids are actively used to decorate flower beds and ridges.
Beardless crops have the same petal structure, but do not have hairs. Such flowers are complemented by bright spots. Wild varieties are yellow in color. This color remains the main one in different varieties. There are also hybrid varieties with blue, white, and purple flowers.
Bouquet: chrysanthemums, rose, iris
Roses and chrysanthemums are rarely combined in bouquets due to the fact that both flowers are very bright. If, nevertheless, these flowers are collected in one bouquet, then the chrysanthemums chosen are small and not flashy. In this case, irises play the role of an addition to the main ensemble.
Bouquet of roses, gerberas, chrysanthemums and iris
If the bouquet is composed of chrysanthemums and irises, then it looks more harmonious.
Bouquet of chrysanthemums and irises
Lilies - what do they go with in the flowerbed?
If there are lilies in the garden, the combination with other flowers in the flowerbed can be very different. Most often, beginning flower growers practice combinations with options such as:
- peonies,
- roses,
- day-lily,
- discount.
Each of these combinations has its own characteristics. Peonies and lilies are great options. The lush foliage of peonies favorably sets off the beauty of other flowers, moreover, these plants bloom one after another: first peonies, then lilies.
Note! Gardeners often ask whether roses can be planted next to lilies. Experienced gardeners do not recommend planting together, because both plants have large, expressive flowers.
However, if both crops are the same color or shade, planting together is possible.
Anyone who plants lilies and irises makes a mistake. These plants have different flowering times. When irises fade, watering must be limited, while their “neighbors” are just blooming at this time and, on the contrary, need strong soil moisture. Therefore, they do not have the best compatibility. But the friendship between daylily and lily, on the contrary, is beyond doubt, because they need to be cared for in approximately the same way, and these flowers also have a similar aroma.
Lily will be a wonderful addition to the garden. The Thunberg variety is well suited for flowering plants, as it has a low stature and large, bright orange flowers with dark speckles. This is one of the most popular varieties among Russian summer residents.