Iris: my favorite perennial (yard, peach, plants, fast)
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Rainna
they are beautiful
if I may ask what part of the country are you in ?
I would love to ad some of those to the to the big bed under the holly tree
Karla I live about 40 miles north of Nashville Tn. There is an Iris farm about 8 miles from my house where I get my irises. The name of it is "Wild Iris Rows" . Their we site is Wild Iris Rows.com. Here is a few pics. of the beds they have. I like this farm because the beds are small and you can get around them so easy. They have 1000 varieties.
Karla I live about 40 miles north of Nashville Tn. There is an Iris farm about 8 miles from my house where I get my irises. The name of it is "Wild Iris Rows" . Their we site is Wild Iris Rows.com. Here is a few pics. of the beds they have. I like this farm because the beds are small and you can get around them so easy. They have 1000 varieties.
Oh, my gosh!!!! Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for that.
In addition, the only other place I'd want to live, is Nashville! People there are the most friendly I've ever met, and the scenery is beautiful! Every year, we look forward to driving down there!
Sarah, I found this advice online (There are many articles about dividing iris.) which seems to say that old stalks won't bloom the season after division. Most articles don't address the issue. Maybe they are not sure. In the meantime, I'm waiting for my sister to get back to me.
[SIZE=2]The best time to transplant Iris is 2-3 weeks after the finish of blooming. Dig the clump up and pry the rhizomes apart, discarding all shriveled and diseased parts. Stalks which produced flowers this year will not produce again. However they provide food to the new side shoots which will be next summers bloomers, so be sure to leave these new shoots attached to the mother. Cut the leaves back to about 6-7 inches. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]When replanting, be sure to dig in a good granular bulb food into the soil. Dig a hole of ample size for root development and mound the soil in the center so that the roots may be spread over the 'saddle'. Barely cover the rhizomes with soil. For multiple plantings in the same hole, arrange the rhizomes so that the leaf-ends point away from the center and plant 8 inches apart.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE]
Barb,
How thoughtful of you to ask your sister here. Thank you. Looks like I may have been premature in digging them up before the bloom. I will let you know what happens!
I can't resist posting the photos of these incredibly beautiful iris. We've enjoyed them so much. OOps, I forgot to rotate the rose one. I'll rightside it in the next post.
Beautiful irises Sarah, I sure love thecolor of the dark pink one. I'll be on the lookout for one like it.
This is a pic. of the one I have in my pond.
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