Re: TB: Planting Indoors

I've never tried planting indoors, but I have planted in pots and 
left in the garage (unheated) and they do just fine. If you plant 
them in the ground as soon as the danger of frost is over, they 
should be very happy. I had thought that iris would need some cold 
for a resting period, however other people tell me that is not 
necessary, so maybe yours will be OK indoors.
As for pbf, that is 'purple based foliage'. At the point where the 
leaves emerge from the rhizomes, some iris show purple or reddish 
color. It is not usually overpowering. However, it is a good way to 
identify or validate the identity of something, as it is an inherited 
characterisitc.
Laetitia 

--- In iris-talk@y..., "Bakulady" <j.coffin2@v...> wrote:
> Hello iris posters on this cold and snowy friday here in north 
> central Indiana :-)Well its not really snowing but just spitting.
> I have a couple of questions, on Wednesday I finally finished 
> planting the rest of my Wal-Mart iris, Gay Parasol, Batik, 
Raspberry 
> Blush and an unknown purple dwarf. I know its to late to plant them 
> outdoors so I put them in pots I had saved from this past summer 
and 
> brought them into the house. They are sitting on my plant stand in 
> front of a large window facing east. My question is, what are my 
> chances that they will actually take root and grow? And if they do 
> survive when will be the best time to take them outdoors into the 
> garden?
> My second question is I have read a lot about PBF on this list. Can 
> some one tell me what it is and if it is harmful to iris as I have 
> found a few in my garden with this.
> 
> Susan Coffin, Logansport Indiana


 

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