Stinking iris - correction: Blue corn-lily, ie Aristea ecklonii

UPDATE-these turned out to be Aristea ecklonii

Six weeks ago the presence of dozens of Stinking Iris plants, in clay soil under dense mature manuka, seemed to present the challenge of reducing their above-ground material to limit growth until shade increased beyond their tolerance. (How much shade does Stinking Iris tolerate? Any experience of this appreciated.)

However, after a few weeks of wet, cold weather they have been found to be easily pulled out by selecting a "division" at one end of a clump, and pulling the divisions out one by one from there.

Larger clumps were thus pulled out within a total of 5-10 minutes, and the material is being used to mulch smaller clumps.

Posted on July 3, 2018 09:13 PM by kaipatiki_naturewatch