Thanks, Lori.
I thought maybe I'd need to pay particular attention to which iris I'd choose if the bed is pretty limey, but maybe most of those that dislike lime are the water-loving varieties anyway.
Okay. So, the plan that's forming for me is to gather and pile field stone, since I have an abundance of it free for the carting and hauling of it, for height; bring in a small load at a time of flat shale (or whatever this flat-ish stone is we've been using around here) for plant sandwiches, and then fill in and around all of it with pea gravel, crushed limestone or granite, and sand.
No compost? Or, would I add some compost only to pockets of plants that want rich soil?
I think I've noticed that a few of my choices do call for a rich soil.
