Re: Beginner's Question about Dividing, When & How

Denise:
    I was glad to hear you were able to keep the iris in a pot and 
alive and blooming. I am trying to grow some iris in pots because I 
can control the sunlight and drainage better, but I keep most outside 
in the ground. I would definitely say that with 8 or 9 fans it could 
be divided, but I cannot tell you when is the right time for your 
climate. I live in NJ. Normally the time to divide is after bloom is 
finished, but before they go dormant for the winter. They usually put 
on a growth spurt in the summer before they start dying down in the 
fall.
Laetitia
PS With only one lonely iris, you definitely have to get some more!


--- In iris-talk@y..., JesseLee04@a... wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm Denise, and I'm new here.  I bought an Iris (Beverly Sills) 
from 
> Garden.com last spring (2000).  All last summer and fall I waited 
for it to 
> flower.  I have it in a very large blue pot.  (I live in Tucson, 
where our 
> summer highs are in the hundreds, (lows in the seventies), our 
spring/fall 
> highs in the eighties (lows in the fifties), and our winter highs 
in the 
> sixties (lows in the high thirties).  This summer it finally put up 
two 
> stalks and put out the most amazing blooms, after someone explained 
that (a) 
> it needs full sun to bloom, and (b) the bulb shouldn't be totally 
covered.
> 
> It's getting cooler here now.  When I got the bulb eighteen months 
ago it was 
> about the size of a grapefruit, with a few fans of leaves about 
eight inches 
> high.  The fans are now about eighteen inches, the blooms died off 
sometime 
> ago, and I'm wondering what I should do now.  It has about eight or 
nine fans 
> now, in addition to the two stalks.  I'm wondering if I should 
divide it or 
> not.  I took it in last winter on nights when it got near freezing 
(we only 
> have a few here).  Does anyone have any advice?
> 
> Thank you,
> Denise


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