Re: OT-Bio, Gloria TB-Cult

Hi, Gloria.  Five hrs. hot sun is the minimum for TB bloom.  The "imports"
will be patient with some waiting before replanting.  In fact, many of us
in the Midwest feel it's wise to let those huge, water soaked Oregon irises
dry out for a week or more before planting.  Seems there's less rot that way.
Sincerely, Nancy Pocklington in central IL, with temps from -20 to 100.

Josiecairn@aol.com wrote:
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> Hello to everyone,
> My name is Gloria, and I live in Northern Rhode Island right on The
> Massachusetts line.  Most Maps show that I am a Zone 6 but there are times
> that I wonder. I have had some experience with a vegetable garden and also
> with some bulb flowers such as tulips, daffodils, etc.  I have 5 Iris plants.
>  Two were dug up at a site that was being demolished, two were received as
> gifts from an order that I placed and the last was one that I just dug up at
> the corner of my property where people across the street toss their grass
> cuttings weeds etc. and among this mess was a lone iris growing, not to big
> and it did not look to healthy, but it is now growing and seems to have
> adjusted to being moved.
> I do have a question.  I am this year ordering some Iris from Scheiners and
> also some from After Hours Iris Patch.  My question, When I receive the
> Plants from the nurseries, do I plant them right away, can I wait a few days
> etc?  The two I received as free gifts on an order of shrubs etc, I planted
> about three days after I received them in a raised bed, This is the second yr
> and I have had no flowers.  But I believe that they do not get enough sun
> light.  Can I cut them back and transplant?  Any help that anyone can give me
> will be appreciated.
> Thanking you all in advance
> Gloria  Zone 6 in Northern RI
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