SPECIES...Aphylla

From: "Dan & Marilyn Mason" <dmason@rainyriver.Lakeheadu.Ca>

<From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>

<Hi Ellen - I bet your aphyllas are ok - somebody posted
that some of
their dwarfs that went dormant in summer didn't leaf back
out till the
next spring.  The aphylla I've been keeping the closest eye
on in a pot
next to the rebloomer bed has a tiny nub of very green that
appeared a
few weeks after planting and that seems to be all she plans
to do this
fall.  The ones out in the field look dead as posts.  I've
been afraid
to check and see if they have roots.>

My I. Aphyllas go dormant by fall, or following extended dry
weather.

I've had good luck dividing and transplanting aphyllas
immediately in the spring just as new growth begins. If
you want to send them a distance it would probably better to
divide them in early August or before new growth begins in
the spring.

I've heard of people keeping potted iris over winter by
digging the pots into the floor of a partially heated
greenhouse. I haven't tried this. We usually have good
snowcover that lasts the winter so I have transplanted late
sometimes when plants came late. I put these plants where
there is shade in the winter and snow tends to accumulate
and stay the longest.

Dan Mason  zone 3 NWOntario CIS, SIGNA


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