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onetexan

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8. Thank you for the tips! I will go & place them on newspapers to dry right now.

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 08:05 PM

Apr 2020

I just drained the buckets they're in of water, but i'm thinking laying them out is best. I've never planted iris before but i find the rhizomes & leaves very similar to daylilies, which is just as hardy & won't die in zone 8b heat.
My neighbor has had her flowerbed edging for years and they multiple like crazy. I should have enough to do a border for an extended tree ring in my front yard, enough for several rows about 3" deep. Yes like you i'm excited once they do come in next year, though my neighbor said hers actually came in the first year she planted them.

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Question for iris officionados regarding soaking white iris rhizomes [View all] onetexan Apr 2020 OP

How much foliage? 2naSalit Apr 2020 #1

Its about 2-3 ft high onetexan Apr 2020 #4

You should take them out of water and trim the foliage 2naSalit Apr 2020 #7

Thank you for the tips! I will go & place them on newspapers to dry right now. onetexan Apr 2020 #8

The rhizomes will be fine for weeks msdogi Apr 2020 #2

Yikes, thank u for the info re: rot onetexan Apr 2020 #5

Normally you trim the foliage to 3-4" in a fan shape. OregonBlue Apr 2020 #3

Agree onetexan Apr 2020 #6

Me too. The foliage is beautiful and I use it as a backdrop OregonBlue Apr 2020 #9

I would take them out of the water WhiteTara Apr 2020 #10

whoa, rhizome on top of the soil? onetexan Apr 2020 #11

Thanks for the video. I never made mounds WhiteTara Apr 2020 #12

Thank you for the excellent advice re: half exposing the rhizomes onetexan Apr 2020 #13

Excellent choices WhiteTara Apr 2020 #14