Re: OT: Dividing versicolors
- Subject: Re: [sibrob] OT: Dividing versicolors
- From: d*@dynamicro.on.ca
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 06:43:44 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Robert Dickow wrote:
> I have a big clump of Iris Versicolor 'Whodunnit' that I'd like to split
> just to keep it thrifty. What is the best time to dig and divide this plant?
> Early Spring, or Fall?
>
> I know....it's not a siberian. But it grows near some in my garden. ;-)
> Bob Dickow
Now's a good time. Keep an eye out for iris borers in the rhizomes. I
just finished digging up mine and got 3 borers out of the one clump.
Mind, the reason I dug up the clump was that the fans were looking
chewed up and so they were too when I threw the borers on the ground and
squashed them. I also got quite a few new plants. Likewise my I vers is
just down the bed from my sibs.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
SIGNA, Iris-talk,
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