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Bearded Iris gone
Jul 8, 2008 | 10:30 AM PST
Tags: bearded iris , Succulent
Over this long weekend, my two sisters and nephew visited and for such a long time since the death of my younger sister, Anna, we really had a good time, some few laughs and all together a nice July 4th weekend. Last Friday, I pruned some of my succulents (jade, sedum, purpura, hens and chickens, etc.), 23 in all and saved it for planting today. Today, beginning at 5 a.m. I cleaned out and dug all the bearded Irises on the south fence. Altogether, I think 9 clumps of overgrown Irises. Good thing they were not planted deep so with a little help of a shovel, I was able to dig them all out. I have grown tired of cleaning the dead leaves after all the blooms are gone, as beautiful as they are, my back can no longer afford the hard work of cleaning them out so after a few more cleaning out, roots and all, I planted all 23 of the succulents. This way, it will be a no brainer as far as watering and weeding are concerned. At least I saved and planted more than a dozen of the rhizomes into a very large planter, this way, cleaning would be easy. I still left the vinca minor as ground cover but still the south fence will look clean from now on, hopefully.
Jul 8, 2008 | 10:30 AM PST
Tags: bearded iris , Succulent
Over this long weekend, my two sisters and nephew visited and for such a long time since the death of my younger sister, Anna, we really had a good time, some few laughs and all together a nice July 4th weekend. Last Friday, I pruned some of my succulents (jade, sedum, purpura, hens and chickens, etc.), 23 in all and saved it for planting today. Today, beginning at 5 a.m. I cleaned out and dug all the bearded Irises on the south fence. Altogether, I think 9 clumps of overgrown Irises. Good thing they were not planted deep so with a little help of a shovel, I was able to dig them all out. I have grown tired of cleaning the dead leaves after all the blooms are gone, as beautiful as they are, my back can no longer afford the hard work of cleaning them out so after a few more cleaning out, roots and all, I planted all 23 of the succulents. This way, it will be a no brainer as far as watering and weeding are concerned. At least I saved and planted more than a dozen of the rhizomes into a very large planter, this way, cleaning would be easy. I still left the vinca minor as ground cover but still the south fence will look clean from now on, hopefully.
