I purchased both of these after we moved here. But I did bring five or six irises with me from Missouri. In fact, they were the only plants I brought that survived the move, cross-country in triple digit temps. It was 113 F the day we arrived here. All the irises came through very well! They are relatively easy to transport, either potted up or just digging and moving the rhizomes during their dormant period in late summer. Irises are tough plants!! Love them!
Thank you so much for sharing these photos. You have golden fingers, my irises do not like the local soil /weather / whatever. The few that have survived send out one stunning blossom for one day and that's me done for the season! My roses are very kind and try to compensate, as you know. Did you know that putting used coffee grounds on the base of your rose plants is like honey to a bee? Mine love it, and our local cafe now keeps a big bin of their coffee grounds for mad gardeners like me to help themselves!
Well, you can't do better than a rose, and they are also so beautiful and often so forgiving of less than perfect circumstances. I have a fight on with leaf-cutter ants, who took out two young and healthy roses last summer, setting me back by a year... I thought it was rabbits shredding off the leaves, so I kept wrapping the chicken wire more securely... and of course the ants were marching right through it the whole time! Probably thought I had made a useful ladder for them, I suppose. I'm still miffed.
I love the idea of a cafe offering coffee grounds for gardeners! "I'll have another cup, I think. Graham Thomas is looking a little yellow..." ;-)
How did you manage to transport those with you or did I misunderstand? They are just lovely.
I purchased both of these after we moved here. But I did bring five or six irises with me from Missouri. In fact, they were the only plants I brought that survived the move, cross-country in triple digit temps. It was 113 F the day we arrived here. All the irises came through very well! They are relatively easy to transport, either potted up or just digging and moving the rhizomes during their dormant period in late summer. Irises are tough plants!! Love them!
They are marvelous beauties, tough, resilient just like you and your sister.
A lovely and true comment. I absolutely agree.
Thank you so much for sharing these photos. You have golden fingers, my irises do not like the local soil /weather / whatever. The few that have survived send out one stunning blossom for one day and that's me done for the season! My roses are very kind and try to compensate, as you know. Did you know that putting used coffee grounds on the base of your rose plants is like honey to a bee? Mine love it, and our local cafe now keeps a big bin of their coffee grounds for mad gardeners like me to help themselves!
Well, you can't do better than a rose, and they are also so beautiful and often so forgiving of less than perfect circumstances. I have a fight on with leaf-cutter ants, who took out two young and healthy roses last summer, setting me back by a year... I thought it was rabbits shredding off the leaves, so I kept wrapping the chicken wire more securely... and of course the ants were marching right through it the whole time! Probably thought I had made a useful ladder for them, I suppose. I'm still miffed.
I love the idea of a cafe offering coffee grounds for gardeners! "I'll have another cup, I think. Graham Thomas is looking a little yellow..." ;-)