RE: dividing and transplanting Sibs
- Subject: [sibrob] RE: dividing and transplanting Sibs
- From: d* H*
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:02:06 -0700
- Importance: Normal
I work with many many species of plants each year, and I've always regarded
sibs as no-brainers and trusted them with just about any of my clients!
I live here in the erratic midwest and have sometimes planted sibs where
they won't get any extra watering, no matter what is happening with the
weather. While they have sometimes been a bit slow-growing in this
situation the vast majority of them have always survived. Perhaps its
simply my faith in them! I'm not a sib specialist, but I can tell that some
cultivars are much slower than others in becoming established, and some do
have root systems that are much more vigorous than others, and this makes a
difference. I try to work with sibs that are likely to be vigorous in less
than perfect conditions.
The only thing I do that others don't is to soak them briefly in a large
bucket of Fertilome root stimulator. I transplant many thousands of plants
each year (in the nursery and in to new gardens) and I'm a real believer in
this stuff.
Diane Huneke
Creative Garden Design and Nursery
creativegardendesign.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Rxiris@aol.com [R*@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 9:51 PM
To: sibrob@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [sibrob] 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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