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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?
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?
