Klownstalker's Blog

Bearded Iris
May 22, 2008 | 5:14 AM PST
Tag: bearded iris
It's been a long time. But I'm glad I found this site again! I have moved back in with my parents and work in the garden center at the grocery store I work for. Needless to say, my plant collection is growing. I have a deep red double hibiscus, a Euginary Topiary (I'm pretty sure I misspelled the type, sorry!), a few strawberry plants and a handful of clippings that I'm waiting to see if they take root. I also have some iris's that I took from my old yard. I had origonally pulled about a dozen of these iris plants from the back yard where they had all been cramped into a two foot space under a fence. I got all of them that I could and planted them in the front yard in a five foot space about under a tree. They loved it, except that we moved out of the house and now some punks live there and they park their bikes right on the bed! Oh I was so upset, they chained their bike to the tree so I really couldn't move it off or anything. They let me take my calla lillies from the back yard a few weeks before and so I took an afternoon to dig up as many irises that I could and I gave some away to people I knew would try their best to take care of them and I kept some for myself as well  because I love irises. Well there were a few that I left in the bed and they just started blooming and they're gorgous. Absolutely bueatiful. I had four plants that I put into a big pot so I could more easily find a spot they would like (turns out they didn't like the full sun of the sidewalk so I've pulled them onto the patio where there's a bit more shade) but the plants have begun to turn brown and dry out at the tips. I water them every day at least a half a pitcher of water and it seems to soak the soil well. I was wondering if there was anything else I could do to baby them and to help them heal and get over this funk they're in so maybe they'll bloom this summer or at least next summer?