Irises: Time to fertilize beardless soon, 1 by Oldgardenrose

Oldgardenrose wrote:
Glad someone asked about mulching over the crown. I did mine wrong. I pulled the mulch
back yesterday in order to fertilize and soak the soil around the crowns. I did see a couple
of places where new growth had tried to emerge but the mulch was too thick.

These are the JI's from Ensata planted May 7. 5 of the nine bloomed. One croaked as a
result of my leaving it in a zip lock bag for about 3 weeks waiting for a good place to plant
it.

Pic of the 4 x 4 plot. The runt in the left front is a tiny branch of a couple of "wild" irises
a lady gave me.