Irises: Question: Is it OK to Re-Arrange / Transplant?, 0 by HappyJackMom

HappyJackMom wrote:
We don't even try to protect ours anymore. This past winter 63" of snow fell in one month and the cold Northern winds didn't seem to do much harm. When we started digging our iris last month, we found some that had rotten Mothers and small rhizomes, while others right next to them, covered with a couple of years of oak leaves, grew very large rhizomes with no rot at all. Go figure. You are bound to lose some no matter what you do. Some of our problems are probably our high altitude (7,000') and soil heaved from days of snow and then sunshine that warms up enough to wear short sleeved shirts. lol

Surprising Wit stood for years without blooming at all, then last year and this year it bloomed. It was a $40.00 iris from Cooley's as a bonus. I thought the rhizomes would be small, but they weren't.

The labels are almost 8" long ~