Re: CULT: Shifting an iris garden
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Shifting an iris garden
- From: J* C*
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:27:27 PDT
Colleen wrote;
>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.
And that's exactly what I'm doing. We had the most beautiful weather
yesterday, and today looks the same. I am transplanting irises from 1 garden
bed at a time, potting them up, and replacing them with annuals, cuttings
(penstemmons and daisies grow quickly and look good,) and anything cheap
that I think will give a good spring display.
I want the garden beds to look complete even though I have taken my irises
out. These are irses which I bought new last season, so they are not clumps.
I am also using up excess rz's in these beds. I don't want potential buyers
thinking I am taking everything I can grab. I will do the taking before they
see it. We are having photo's done next week, and the house goes on the
market then.
They
>then sat on the lawn in full sun all summer and all survived. I watered
>them about twice a week.
<LOL> I'm wondering what that did to the lawn! Mine are sitting on the
Vegetable garden, until I run out of room there. I am putting them in black
plastic pots from 8" up to 14" depending on how much growth I think they
will make, and how many rz's per pot. The pots are easy to come by. I go to
the local landfill centre and fill my trailer for a couple of dollars. I am
putting them into a mix called 'rose potting mix' bought by the trailer load
from the local garden centre. They put in stones for drainage (fine white
grit) instead of sand, and this has well rotted manure in it. They seem to
like this stuff. They may be in their pots for 12 months, so I am trying to
make them as comfortable as possible.
>I think the biggest adjusment for them was being planted out into pH6
> >sandy loam, after the alkaline clay.
I think we are probably going in the opposite direction. Plenty of clay in
Ballarat. Raised beds will be the way to go, but at least there is plenty of
good rich soil. Potatoes grow well there, so irises should too.
Cheers, Jan
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