Unreliable Bloom

Oh gee I am not sure how to reply to the list and get under the same heading
but hope it magically appears in the correct spot.

All the advice was great. I am growing primarily TB but I have figured out
the smaller ones are more reliable and seem to spread quicker so I will now
try medians. 

Nova Scotia irises will start blooming June 10 and are will still go for
another 2 weeks. Its zone 6. Average summer temp is 75-80 F and winters
-10-15F .   We had a ton of snow coverage but it may have been freezing for
a few weeks without the coverage in late fall and we had a really cold wet
spring. I am hopeful these patches will bloom next year. Our climate is
changing so radically and doing such odd things these last few years- plants
are stuggling to adapt. Last year the peonies were affected and I saw
virtually no flowers. Cause for concern.

Its just  baffling that one patch will bloom and the patch beside it won't
of the same maturity.

Siberians do wonderful here but I am very partial to the Japanese iris but
boy are they slow to increase in size, might get one extra stem every year.

Ellen when you said they will bloom better when established, do you mean
they should not be moved from the spot they were growing in or do you mean
divided up. I am tempted to move patches that didn't bloom, intact, to a
sunnier spot to see if they will bloom better. Would this be considered
interrupting their "establishment". Lord knows we don't want to upset the
establishment!!

Thanks Louise 

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