Irises: The New Iris Bed for 09, 1 by flowrgirl1

flowrgirl1 wrote:
Thanks everyone!

Husker11- that looks great! They are a little close but you should get 3 years out of it which is great because thats about when they need division anyway. It will look great next year.

I have a wide metal rake that I used for plant spacing and row spacing. The rake was great for working the soil too. It is light weight and has one side that had about 5 inch tines. The other side had looped tines. Kind of similar to a rock rake. Not sure what its actual purpose is but it worked great for removing weed/grass clumps and for spacing.

My older beds are very overgrown. I planned on getting them transplanted this year but got a little side tracked with these other projects. Its hard because I only have weekends to work on it for about 4 months and then I'm off to the south again.

Here is a picture of my crazy original iris gardens.