Re: CULT: Shifting an iris garden
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Shifting an iris garden
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- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 19:02:47 +0930
Jan
When we moved 3 years ago, I just potted up pieces of all my irises (and
daylilies) into 8" black plastic bag-pots with red Salisbury clay. They
then sat on the lawn in full sun all summer and all survived. I watered them
about twice a week. I think the biggest adjusment for them was being planted
out into pH6 sandy loam, after the alkaline clay.
Colleen
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Clark <janclarx@hotmail.com>
To: iris-talk@egroups.com <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Date: Thursday, 15 June 2000 12:59
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: Shifting an iris garden
>>I'm inside with the heater going flat out, looked out the frosty >window
to
>>see my iris unguicularis plants are the only fellows bravely >facing the
>>elements.
>
>I thought mine would flower, but nothing so far. I don't think they are old
>enough clumps. Baby Blessed has two fat buds, but nothing on anything else,
>except a few determined daylilies.
>
>I'm busy renovating garden beds and transferring things to pots for our
move
>to Ballarat. We may not move for 6 months or more, but I intend to be
ready,
>and I felt that it was appropriate to redo much of the garden so that
>prospective buyers see it as it will be when they take over. I don't want
to
>be accused of 'stealing' all my beloved irises.
>The larger clumps will be dug just before we move, for minimum stress, but
>these are mostly in iris only beds, away from the main garden.
>I am filling up the bed i am currently working on, with grevilleas and
>correas, which were $1 a pot. I will mulch this all when I've finished.
this
>is the type of garden that most people expect in this area. If the new
>owners don't like it, they can rip it all up.
>The next area I want work on is around the path to the back door, and I
>thought I would pot the irises (all new, so only 1 rz and small increases)
>and fill in the gap with floribunda roses from K-mart, which are cheap and
>readily available at present.
>
>Any suggestions re moving will be gratefully accepted. This is going to be
a
>major undertaking.
>Cheers, Jan
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