HYB:CULT:pots
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: HYB:CULT:pots
  • From: B* W* <a*@aol.com>
  • Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:35:55 -0500 (EST)
Some of you know, once I lose an iris in the garden, I often buy it again and
put it in a three gallon pot.  These pots started collecting about five years
ago.  I only bought irises a second time if they had something I wanted to
introduce into my rebloom lines--color or pattern.

I got rid of a bunch this fall by transplanting them into one of the new beds.
Despite the tall stack of empty pots, I could barely tell I'd made a dent.
I'm sure it will take a full bed (75 cultivars) to hold the rest, but not
until I get a lot of seedlings planted in the spring!

Thing is . . . . along the edge of the house, where I originally started
stashing them, all have survived.  The newer part of the collection, along one
car port, has sustained the only losses.  Still, not many.  Both spots are in
morning shade.  The new one is open for wind chill.  Anyone think this made a
difference, or is it just because some of them are newer by 3-5 years and less
tolerant?

For the record, I typically cross to strong plants that are not growing in the
pots.  I have made crosses in the pots when I have no choice and have not had
problems.

Betty W.

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