Re: all one colour iris beds

>I am new to the iris.  Every couple of years a new plant grabs my intention
>and this is the year for the iris.  I have been eyeing them for the past
>couple of years, but never endulged.   I have much to learn about the iris.
>I am a member of a few societies here in Raleigh, NC and enjoy the learning
>experiences I get from them.  Also the cutting exchanges gives me a nice
>variety of plants.

I am new to the Iris Group, but not to irises.  In fact, I've been treating mine
rather cavalierly, and am surprised to find that people have problems with them.
I inherited mine when we bought our house, and I have done all sorts of things
with them--dug them up, and stuck them in a holding bed for several months,
split them, moved them around, ignored them, and they are absolutely glorious.
For me they are so easy to grow that they are just basics in my garden.  Of
course, I probably only have the most hardy few species in the world!  But I've
never seen rot; I've never seen one get sick or die; if I want more, I dig them
up and it doesn't matter when. AND they make babies all over the place.  We'll
find babies here and there that we never planted.  Weedlike.  Would that all
weeds were so glorious.

My first goal, this year, now that I am becoming more aware of the wonderful
variety of irises is to identify the ones I do have.

I may check in with you all when I know, which should be sometime in June when
they are blooming (now that I've bragged a bit, they'll probably all rot on me!)
and I can tell you what I have.

Pauline Hodges
phodges@cas.org
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