Planting Bearded Iris in the NEW Cottage Garden
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- I finally get to plant in the new cottage garden! My first plants are some of my favorite... Bearded Iris! I'll give you all the details of how to grow bearded iris both from bare root rhizomes or potted plants.
Ha! So separating iris is what I need to do to get them to bloom profusely again. Thanks! BTW - Love flower Fridays.
Every time you speak about them I love hearing every thing you say about how they are again thank you for sharing your beautiful feelings about them and how easy it is to help them grow out ❤
Irisis are so pretty and tough! Mom planted them in the dappled shade at the old house and in clay soil, covered by soil and still bloomed. Great video Brian! 🤗🤗
Thank you! ❤️
@@NextLevelGardening you are welcome! Have a blessed weekend!❤
I learned so much from this short video. Thank you for making your information easy and clear to understand!
I love them...they are my markers for spring .
I literally dug up some Iris rhizomes and left them laying on the grass, I wasn’t sure where I wanted to put them, anyway I forgot about them. The following spring I noticed that they were growing, they had gone through our snowy cold winter and didn’t skip a beat. They’re pretty tough plants. 🍁🍂🍁💚🙃
I had the same experience
They really are!
I put some Iris bulbs in a box so that moles wouldn’t get to them, & they never bloomed. I guess they couldn’t grow out of the holes!
The leaves grew big though, very tall, but no blooms. Has anyone else ever tried this?
There are special boxes with holes to bury in the garden to protect the bulbs from the moles.
I really enjoy watching your place come together. I know it is a lot of work. I learn something every time I watch. Thank you.
When I moved into my now-husband's house six years ago there were 2 very large clumps of bearded Iris. He was not, and is not, a gardener. He told me to do what I wanted with the gardens ☺️. Six years and many loads of compost later I have finally gotten the gardens looking nice (although they are ever-changing). Those 2 clumps have been shared with a couple of friends, moved, as well as divided into 10 clumps. They have never failed to bloom beautifully with next to no care. Other than cutting the dead flower stalks, up here in South Central Ontario, Canada, zone 5a/6b, we have to cut the leaves back in the fall (or the early spring when I forget). Each of those 10 clumps would benefit from dividing again this year, but I don't think I'll have the time...maybe next year lol.
I love flower Fridays as well as the veggie videos, thanks for all of them!
Simply LOVING Flowers Fridays!! Thank you so much for this informative video on the bearded iris. I live in 10A in FL and was afraid I couldn't grow flowers other than tropicals and shrubbery. Thanks Brian!
Excellent video !! Very helpful - I learned invaluable tips about letting the sun hit the rhizome, not overwatering and how often to divide my plants . I really appreciate your videos .
I actually grow these in a Sacramento county area. They look great and the absolutely amazing part is that the deer do not eat them at all! They practically everything else but not these.
Awesome video! I had no idea the rhizome isn't underground. So glad i watched this since my grandmother has some iris that she divided & is going to give me. I would have totally killed them from the start 😳
Thank you! Glad I could help 🙂
They're pretty tough,
it takes a lot to kill them!
I doubt you would do them harm!
The 2 extremes-
Way too much water,
or
just never, ever watering at all,
(and I mean zero rain too)
are the only 2 things that I've ever seen that will kill them.
I've forgotten pots filled with them, and they only got rain water for an entire year, and they are fine with that!
And I don't live where it rains every week or anything like that. I'm in Central Texas and we have rainy seasons, then loooong dry seasons. But even in the rainy season, it doesn't always rain every week.
So the only way they'll die from not enough water I'd if they got absolutely zero for many, many, months.
And even if you plant them too deep, they won't die from that either.
They just won't want to flower bcuz their backs aren't getting sunshine directly on them.
I've got them in pots, and in the ground, and some years they get covered with leaf litter, if I forgot to remove those leaves (yep, it happens!), and their backs are no longer baking in the sun, then they just stop flowering.
Like a protest.
But they never die!
Sometimes after I transplant them, they get moody about being moved, and refuse to flower that next Spring.
But the next year they're blooming their heads off!
So while they ARE a bit moody, or even a tad persnickity with wanting the things Brian mentioned in the video,
if you accidentally mess it up, they'll just keep growing & wait for you to fix it, & then in the Spring they'll happily flower for you!
It's a great plant to start with!!
You're lucky to have a Gran who can pass them down to you!!
What great flower to remember her by!!!
Good Luck!
&
No Worries!!
I love irises! They’re so beautiful and they’ve never given me anything but joy. And besides that, I can share them without much trouble at all. Thank you for sharing your wonderful garden with us!❤
You're welcome 😊
I just got a ton via mail order yesterday and they are pretty dry and sad. I'm in zone 7a Maryland...is it too late to plant in ground for the season, or should I pot them up and plant next spring? Thanks for this great video!
It's so cool to see your dreams coming true! That chicken coop is going to be fabulous. I hope you are enjoying the process.
Thanks Brian. I love Iris. Your Cottage Garden is going to be lovely.
Thank you!
Great video! I have some in my yard (I think 2 types) that have been there forever now I know they probably need to be un-clumped and replanted and I probably have extras there too (yay) to add to different areas of the yard, thanks for the super informative video, I appreciate it! Now I know how to deal with this type of plant. 👍
I have squirrels and mice that love digging up my bulb plants. Do rodents also like Irises?
Not sure how but literally took a shovel full from my great grandmothers after her passing … they have never been split and nearly 3 ft tall leaves all I did was threw them in hard red clay in western sun, heck only watered them the first time when planted
Did find some in a ditch I Want to dig up , all white with a purple border they are beautiful
I planted 32 irises this week. I watched one of your older videos about irises before I started to make sure I did it right.
I am so amazed with your glow of such happiness you have been showing in all of your latest videos. Love it so much! ❤️
Thank you Sylvia ❤️
I really like irises they grow in all types of climates and come in a variety of colors and degree of fanciness. Little or no maintenance required. We used to call them flags as well.
I love the wood log border in the background. I’ve been trying to talk my husband into something like that for some areas of our new home. We are in the Sierra Nevada foothills so plenty of wood and lots of hillsides to try to manage. I’m really liking seeing your terracing ideas.
Thank you. Yes that would look great where you live!
The cottage garden is going to look amazing
Thank you!
Last fall, I planted several new varieties of tall, Bearded Iris from Schreiner's Gardens. They were fabulous from mid-May - mid-July, just exploding with blooms. I hope I can continue to keep them healthy and pest-free. I used neem oil, regularly, to make sure the Iris borer, aphids, spider mites, and pill bugs stayed away. Bearded Iris are one of my favorite flowers too, second only to Lilacs.
Should you cut the leaves every winter or just when transplanting. I planted a bunch last winter (zone 9b) but didn't have blooms, hoping for blooms this coming year.
After about 10 years, after watching many tutorials how to do it, I dug out all my irises, because they were way too crowded. I discarded all rhizomes that had already bloomed as per the tutorials. I gave away many good rhizomes to friends and quickly re-planted the rest in the same flowerbed that they came from, where they did extremely well for those 10 years. This was 2 years ago. The replanted rhizomes had healthy leaves but never bloomed again. BTW, I checked with my friends and their re-plants are not blooming either. Is there any chance that they might start blooming this Spring? Or should I just dig them out and plant some other perennial flowers in that bed?
Thank you so much for this video. I will be separating my iris's soon to family members and will be sending this video to them for transplanting instructions.
My advice, be careful where you plant them. I had dozens of irises of all kinds of amazing colors that got transplanted to under a black walnut tree and when they bloomed, EVERY ONE OF THE BLOOMS WAS CHANGED TO WHITE by something in the walnuts.
Wow thats interesting. I know they have an effect on certain vegetables but never knew that!
That's interesting!
I am so happy to hear someone else mention this problem. Last few years, I had 2 seperate people give me an iris from their yard, IN BOOM “PURPLE”. Proof of being purple. I planted them and next year they bloomed white!😩 All I have ever had are white ones....
Absolutely my MOST Favorite! Scented variety, too!
Loved these of all kinds but the 🎉 squirrels eat the roots. Lost them all. Miss them since they ate and returned year after year every cold winter.
I did not know the rhizome needs to be visible - planted them in pots this week - thanks - gonna uncover them slightly
love your Iris I have never grown Bearded Iris before I have always grown the other variety's that are available that you might see around
Oh, that's spooky, I just planted 2 bearded Iris today, one Blue Gown and one Blue Rhythm. I only have room for 2. They are so beautiful and such a true blue colour... they are planted in front of my Choisya ternata ‘Sundance' The blue and the yellow should explode together so well... I can't wait for next year... they are my first Iris'
When should one start watering it after seeing green leaves pop up?
This was a very well done video. So helpful as always!
Wow great news I love to see
Some of the rhizome around here i am really looking out in finding some so I can have some cool stuff around here oh yes again thanks Brian nice knowing you 😂
Would you like some purple ones and or yellow? I could send some to you.
They are known as the poor man’s orchid.
So informative! Thank you!
OMG! You and your scissors! Scares me to death every time! 🤣
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If you haven't checked out Schreiner's Iris gardens for their bearded irises, you must check it out!!! Their catalog is gorgeous! They have the expensive show award winning irises as well as the less expensive varieties. I love this place!
Two other good places to get irises are Mid-America Garden, also in Salem, OR like Schreiner’s, and Sutton’s Iris Gardens in Meridian, ID. All three have great quality irises!
Great advice and video, thank you!
I planted irises for the first time this year. We had several weeks of extreme rain which was rare for us and I lost all but one. It was so heartbreaking! The one that lived didn’t bloom. I’m going to try again next spring because it’s one of my favorite flowers.
I just ordered some iris bulbs for Zone 8b. So inspiring!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
Perfect timing. I moved from an area of heavy clay to sand and I am in the process of learning what plants thrive in sand. I will be adding Bearded Iris to my list.
Great info Brian thanks🪴
Hello 👋 New subscriber here. I bought few irises today. I am in the Southern California zone 10a. Do I need to pre-chill them ? Also do I need to pre-chill daffodils and alliums ? Please someone help me. I am new to the bulbs
Welcome! Nope. None of those need prechilling
@@NextLevelGardening thank you so much ☺️ What zone are you?
Fab vlog 🥰 just had my first season of growing flowers 😊
Great information. Thanks. Love iris and a perfect plant to share.
Great! Thank you!
I LOVE Bearded IRIS!
Add bone meal.
Van Gogh
Loving Flower Fridays, 👍
I was under the impression that Iris did not want to be fertilized, I guess I was wrong and now have to start fertilizing them with a low nitrogen fertilizer. I’ve grown Iris for years and have never fertilized them will they be in for a treat this spring! 🍁🍂🍁💚🙃
No they do not need fertilizer. I don’t see where you understood that from this video. Fertilizer was never mentioned. Only sand or grit to make clay soil better draining. Hope that helps.
By the way, nitrogen will hinder blooms and cause more foliage to grow instead.
I never fertilize mine either.
And the wild ones around here grow in very poor soil & still bloom.
And I agree, any nitrogen will create leafy growth and hinder the blooms.
If yours aren't blooming it's probably one of two reasons:
Their backs aren't baking in the sun.
Over time, the rhizomes can get covered up.
You just need to dust them off like a baseball base!
Make sure those backs are showing.
Or
They need to be divided.
Like Brian mentioned, they need to be divided every 3 or 4 years and spaced out a bit.
Sometimes when they get too crowded they stop blooming.
Grew these for years and then they got terrible whitefly infestation.I couldn't seem to get rid of them so I had to pull up all the iris and dump them. Any wisdom on how I could have gotten rid of the white fly problem?
Neem oil will do it
@@NextLevelGardening I tried that, no luck.