Re: Newbie
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
Welcome Amoret,
Your irises should be fine. In sandy soil, you can bury the rhizome up to
an inch.
You'll find iris folks more than willing to share their irises at division
time, particularly with a newbie. Join a local club. Join the American
Iris Society. Browse the AIS website. It also has links to many other
sites with lots of info.
Most of all have fun. Ask questions. Share your experiences. We get
vicarious pleasure when others rave about their first bloom, first
seedling...
Before you go to the library, search the archives
http://www.mallorn.com/lists/iris-talk/ for references to books. There are
a few new ones. If you have a bit of money, two inexpensive books are
offered by the AIS, its own reference book The World of Iris and William
Shear's (of this list) The Gardener's Iris Book.
Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
> From: Amozoo@aol.com
>
> Hi I am Amoret Phillips
> New to the list and Irises. I recently began to garden again. I
> consider myself a novice, I'm not even sure if I live in zone 7 or 8
> I'm in Wilmington, NC and the soil is sand sand sand. (so easy to
> dig when there are no roots involved). I started to look through flower
> catalogues and drooled over the irises, but felt like I needed to stay low
> budget. Then a neighbor said she was getting rid of 3 beds of irises and
> would I like any!
> I happily went to my friends house and dug up these plants
> and took
> them home. I sure hope I haven't killed them! My understanding is that
> you
> break of the back end of the risome and just keep the part with the roots.
>
> Please tell me that's right. That's what I did. I made these beautiful
> little mounds and placed the roots on either side and covered the roots
> and
> just barley covered the risome. I cut the foliage back some to keep them
> from tipping over. I watered them profusely. I had them planted in less
> than 3 hours after digging them up.
>
> There is so much to learn, I guess the library is my next stop.
> Thanks for listening to my ramblings.
> Cordially Amoret
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ONElist members are using Shared Files in great ways!
http://www.onelist.com
Are you? If not, see our homepage for details.
