Moving Iris's

[Smart Red]

Me, too, @thistlebloom, that's how I cut them for transplanting. Of course I usually move them after they have bloomed. Mine are just starting to flower and look so lovely.

What I consider the standard purple and yellow are always first to flower.

Then the bigger, named iris start appearing like my favorite in baby blue.

In purple/blue

In yellow like these Harvest of Memories.

These are the only colors in bloom so far, but they seem to flower in order each year, ie. once the pink are gone, the copper ones will pop out. Once the standards are done, the bi-colored and large purples show up. There is so much excitement yet to come in the iris bed.

 

[Carol Dee]

Stunning Iris @Smart Red , I only have yellow and purple right now. Some where over the years I have lost a copper and a blue&white.

 

[Smart Red]

We may need to talk later. My iris bed is one of my multi-year disasters. It needs serious dividing and cleaning up with plenty of tubers that just won't fit the proper area. Right now I have little idea where the different colors are other than the pink and standard purple.

 

[Carol Dee]

We may need to talk later. My iris bed is one of my multi-year disasters. It needs serious dividing and cleaning up with plenty of tubers that just won't fit the proper area. Right now I have little idea where the different colors are other than the pink and standard purple.

Let me know. I'd love a few more iris.
Oh and the bleeding hearts are doing fine and 3 of them are BLOOMING! Thank You so much.

 

[Smart Red]

Did I mention that Son (et. al.) gave me a white bleeding heart for Mother's Day? He knows me well and I'm sure I didn't hint more than a few times.

Now there are only three bleeding hearts on my wish list -- a white fern leaf to replace the one I lost, a deep almost wine flower (with a white edge), and a vivid red rather than the pinks I already have.

I am practicing restraint. I want to get my current flower gardens more presentable instead of adding to the chaos.

 

[Carol Dee]

@Smart Red last summer my son and his soon to be Ex. planted bleeding hearts along some steps. I noticed them blooming last week. They appear to be a yellow leaf with RED bloom. Since he could care less about blooming plants I may have to rescue them Once I get them established I would be happy to share.

 

[Smart Red]

@Smart Red last summer my son and his soon to be Ex. planted bleeding hearts along some steps. I noticed them blooming last week. They appear to be a yellow leaf with RED bloom. Since he could care less about blooming plants I may have to rescue them Once I get them established I would be happy to share.

Yes, please!

 

[Nyboy]

I love bleeding hearts so simple and easy. No work, come back each year better and better.

 

[Smart Red]

I love bleeding hearts so simple and easy. No work, come back each year better and better.

They do when no one tramples and hoes them repeatedly. That's how I lost my two white ones. The guy is precious and the plants are replaceable. I have to be pretty careful where I put some plants. Until they get bigger than his hoe, he finds them hard to remember.

 

[cknmom]

Thanks, I have some I need to move also.