in ohio
2006-10-17 18:52:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Once they have quit blooming, you can cut the leaves back, and dig them up. If you need to divide them (most of the time this is true) this is also the time to do it. Check the root for rot, and discard any that show signs of infection; they should be firm, not soft or spongy. Replant them where you wish, keeping them at roughly the same depth they were in their original location.
2006-10-17 19:20:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transplanting Iris
2016-10-02 23:37:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-19 09:41:23 · answer #3 · answered by Izaak 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iris' are vary forgiving. You can transplant them almost any time they are not in bloom with great success.
If you are thinking about doing it this fall, go ahead.
Now realize that they may take 2 years to develope blooms again, but they will survive.
Here in Southern Ohio I've dug them up in the fall and left them in the garage (because I forgot about them) until spring. They took off just as though I had just dug them up.
Good luck
2006-10-18 00:58:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iris is hardy. Best time is fall, but they can be transplanted anytime.. How you do it is more important: while digging , you break every rhizome and trim the green to about an inch and trim off the roots (you can compost the leaves, roots, and unreplantable parts). In preparing the bed you should add a pound of bone meal, and of blood meal per 25 feet of row. Plant them about three inches deep, 6 inches agart... mulch heavily every fall -- I use oak and pecan leaves
2006-10-17 23:11:35 · answer #5 · answered by mr.phattphatt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bulbous Irises(Irises that grow from bulbs) can be planted in the fall. I have Rhizomatous Irises(Irises that grow from rhizomes, which is like a big fat roots), and the best time to do the transplanting for these are the middle of the summer. You can do yours right now.
2006-10-17 20:48:04 · answer #6 · answered by Cosmos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The variety of Iris I guess you are talking about ( Iris reticulata) are best transplanted and devided in the Fall.
All bulbous irises die back after Flowering and are Summer dormant.
2006-10-21 16:23:13 · answer #7 · answered by tassie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now!
2006-10-17 18:57:47 · answer #8 · answered by Smartypants 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irises are NOT bulbs, they are CORMS !
2014-06-18 14:19:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
before the ground freezes....
2006-10-17 19:01:00 · answer #10 · answered by Jessi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋