Re: Iris orientalis

 

I moved a clump of notha two feet across while it was in bloom in June 2017. Dug up a thin disc of soil around it, keeping the rhizomes intact but slicing off most of the roots. The entire thing reestablished nicely, but only sent up one stalk a year the last two years.. Large spurias in general here are prone to iris borer - I need to start burning off the old leaves every spring as a maintenance technique.

Sean Z
SE Michigan
Zone 6a

On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 9:14 PM Rodney Barton r*@yahoo.com [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

I did try to start a new clump but it didn't take. I's been a while so I don't remember the details.

R

On Sunday, April 5, 2020, 1:04:13 PM CDT, Mark Cook h*@gmail.com [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 

Were you able to extract any of it and start new clumps?

Mark A. Cook   


On 4/5/2020 1:19 PM, Rodney Barton r*@yahoo.com [iris-species] wrote:
Too bad!  I once tried to dig out a clump.The rhizomes were 4 layers deep. The clump is still there.

R

On Sunday, April 5, 2020, 12:09:44 PM CDT, Mark Cook h*@gmail.com [iris-species] i*@yahoogroups.com wrote:


 

Rod,

I had that in Kentucky and really loved it.  However, it does not do Florida.  Darn!

Mark A. Cook  


On 4/5/2020 9:48 AM, Rodney Barton r*@yahoo.com [iris-species] wrote:
Also blooming early in Texas. It's a common pass along plant here and was the one that started me down the species iris road to ruin. It's still my favorite.

Rod

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