Re: CULT: Easter and Irises Old and New

Yes, they were bareroot and I found another one that was sprouting too. 
 They were in the open,
full sun for most of the day, shade from the house for morning hours.  I 
planted both of them,
but I  won't get bloom because the shoots are too immature.

I do imagine where they were they would have been covered with snow the 
entire winter.  Here's
another curve....a large rhizome I left in the unheated garage all 
winter (bare root) did not make
it through the winter......at least I don't think it did, it is kind of 
soft, I intend on planting it anyway
just to make sure since I have spaces in my beds now.

Sandra
SE Manitoba

P.S. some of the rhizomes I had in the house bareroot all winter have 
survived as well.

laurief wrote:

>>Some were lined up against the shed - on the north side,
>>so that probably didn't provide much protection.
>>    
>>
>
>Thanks for the info, Jeff. Actually, my guess is that that location 
>provided protection from the most dangerous aspect of cold climate areas 
>- the dreaded freeze-thaw cycles of late fall and early spring.  Being 
>tucked in against the north side of an (unheated?) building should have 
>shielded those clumps from most direct sunlight and maintained them at a 
>more constant temp than they would have been exposed to out in the open.
>
>Then again, Sandra's were out in the open, in full sun (I assume), and 
>bareroot (I assume again).  Right, Sandra?
>
>  
>
>>I did something like this five or six years ago with a much smaller group
>>of IBs. Most of them bloomed the following spring
>>    
>>
>
>At what point did you plant that group?
>
>Laurie
>
>
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