Re: Cult: JI & SIB "wedges"

	Dennis Hager wrote:

 With Siberians and Japanese irises in the mixed
>border, I have often shared with visitors to my garden by simply cutting
>a pie wedge out of the established clump. This is done with a heavy duty
>steel shaft spade that I keep very sharp. I backfill the wedge area with
>good garden soil and water it in.

	This is exactly how we do our beds....a very sharp steel spade
	and then fill in the spot with good garden soil.

>Decline of Japanese iris is much more pronounced and the plant will just
>plain die, because new growth each season is on top of the old crown. In
>a few years, it will grow itself out of the ground. By "wedging" and
>with heavy mulch, you can keep the plant healthy for a longer period.

	I have had some Japanese in the same spot for five years and I
	think they are good for another year without moving them...

	Cheers,

	Ellen

	(yes, we live right in the area of the awful 'killing fields' two
	days ago.....right up the road from us)






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Ellen Gallagher	\ e_galla@moose.ncia.net \ Lancaster, New Hampshire,USA
  USDA Zone 3a \ Northern White Mountains\ AIS Region 1 {New England}
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