Irises: Protecting Iris Plant in Spring time frost, 1 by sharondippity

sharondippity wrote:
Keesh,
That's one of the big disappointments for me. The late spring frost after flowering has began. I just go out and pick me a huge arrangement of flowers, for the frost will melt them. It does not at all harm the plant, just the flower.

Here is one of the few dozens gathered last year due to a late freeze.......I cried, I whined, I pouted, but they were pretty inside for a week. This crazy weather here, the days after the freak freeze were in the 80s. The ones that had not already had buds or flowers bloomed out fine. I have stopped buying early bloomers for that reason. I buy those labeled to bloom mid late or late.