Juno Iris
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The leaves of these iris look like sweet corn, and they have fleshy storage roots which must not be broken. Of the 50 species, only seven are known to be hardy in the UK, but not many are available, the majority being in small private collections which are grown in a bulb frame or pots in an airy alpine house using compost which should be 75% John Innes no.3 with 25% grit. Some of the species (e.g. I nicolai) will not take overhead watering, so they have to be grown in a pot within a larger pot, watering the outside pot only. The most commonly Juno available is I bucharica, and it is fairly typical of the type. I cycloglossa is a tall hardy blue with upright standards, unlike most Junos which have reduced standards which are not often upright.
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