Re: Crazy weather, dividing Sibs


In a message dated 4/16/02 10:26:39 AM, ecpep@aol.com writes:

<< Whatever is written about Siberians, I have never found that they 
transplant 
easily.   >>

Nor are they easy to divide. In fact, if anyone has any tricks to dividing 
Siberians, please pass them on, because I would certainly appreciate all the 
help I can get!

I have a bunch of clumps that *must* be moved to make way for major 
renovation in my garden. I've started the process, but I have a long way to 
go and the plants keep growing...
For those of you who toured my garden at the Denver convention, I am planning 
major renovations. Remember the four long rows where all the convention 
plants were growing? Well, they've been a nightmare to maintain so they will 
be replaced by much larger beds on each side of the yard with a curving swath 
of grass down the center of the yard. After the convention, the rows had been 
converted from mostly bearded irises to a mixture of mostly beard*less* iris 
and daylilies. 
I plan to do this renovation over three years. For this year's portion, I 
must move the Siberian irises and other perennials from two of the four rows. 
I am potting up the portion that I can keep from each Sib clump and sinking 
the pot into the ground in an unused area until after August, when the new 
bed will be put in and I can re-plant the clump. 

While it has been warm here, it is also *very* dry. Each day the evening news 
reports on grass fires and forest fires. My garden is in the process of 
turning to dust and many of my Siberians are not mulched (I plan to recify 
this with the new arrangement). Supposedly we will get some rain and snow 
this weekend. 

Have MDB iris in bloom. 

Lynda

Lynda Love
Rxiris@aol.com
Denver, Colorado USA
Zone 5, 5400 feet elevation on the high *dry* plains

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