Re: CULT: Liberating Irises in Dead of Winter?

In a message dated 12/11/2006 5:49:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
mgreenfield@cinci.rr.com writes:

Taking  someone else's property is ALWAYS larceny!!
At least make an honest attempt  to get permission.

If someone wishes to let all their iris be destroyed  it is their choice. 
They belong to the owner. Nothing wrong with someone  trying to talk them out 
of it.


Mike, please, peace!
 
You are absolutely correct that one does not take without asking, and you  
may be sure that no one is planning on stealing anyone's  property.
 
I was speaking facetiously, in jest, and Arnold, who knows me and  knows I 
would not steal, was making a joke in response. We have all  been in this 
situation at one time or another, so we recognize the familiar  dilemma, and we joke 
about it because we know we can't save them all. I  am confident that your 
friends here are all responsible people.  Me, I am still racked with guilt about 
the cookie I stole when I was six  and lied to Mother about.
 
Now, my question, shorn of humor, was this: What is the best  way to deal 
with a bearded iris in Zone 7 which is highly stressed, and possibly  chemically 
burned, but must be transplanted very late in the season, and  without 
preliminaries. I'm happy to have had some useful input, and I  am grateful for it.
 
As for the iris, it is sitting in a plastic bag in my kitchen at this  
moment. I simply called the construction company, who told me who owned the  
property. The owner turned out to be an old beau of mine, and at five  this afternoon 
a workman delivered the iris to my front door, with the  company's 
compliments. I intend to clean it up, pot it up, and leave it in the  sun until the 
weather turns inclement, at which point I shall tuck it up  under the magnolia 
tree with some reemay over it. I can't put it in the ground  because there is no 
place for it. I can't put it in the cold frame, Linda,  because that is full 
of wallflowers, alpine strawberries, violas  and arugula,  grown from seed, not 
to mention my fig cuttings, three  hydrangeas, and a pot of live oak acorns, 
clear evidence of my  horticultural insanity. As I said, I don't choose to 
risk aphids in there.
 
Cordially,
 
Anner Whitehead
Richmond VA USA Zone 7

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