Jeanne, thanks.

I don't know if this counts as a 2021 or 2022 iris. In my zone 7b garden in North Georgia mountains where we had a warm December, my "Again and Again" tb iris sent up 8 stalks! On January 2, just before night temps plunged into the 20's, I cut the stalks and brought them inside. The first of those 8 bloomed today! It is fun to have a blooming iris in January, when the outside temps barely make it into the 40's.

My iris bloom season starts with the "littles", about the middle of April.Bluebeard's GhostChantedGizmo the GremlinNO ID Peach SDB

Evelyn,. Where did you get the plant markers at?

Evelyn, what size pots are your Iris in? Circumference and depth? I'm thinking that I would like to put Iris in pots this spring when I redo so beds.

About potting irises... I think it may not matter so much about the pot specs.
No doubt your growing zone probably impacts that. However,

I've had several of mine in a sort of "second class housing" situation for a few years. Wide pots, tiny pots, standard pots...

Old tidy cat litter bins with holes filled in the bottom actually work really well for TBs, in my experience.

I feel a bit guilty looking at this photo actually. They've been there a bit longer than planned.

Thanks Wheezy. I get what you mean. I think I would be afraid to keep my TB's outside in pots all winter here due to the extreme cold and fluctuating temp. But I have had SDB Iris in pots outside overwinter, and they have survived just fine. I will see how they are surviving this spring cause they are in the same pots in the same place as last year.

Mine stay out all winter.

I guess I will have to leave some outside in pots next winter so I can find out if they can handle our winters. I suppose the better the root system they have going into winter, the better it will be for them.

I have four pots with TBs planted this fall. Maybe 2-3 gallon size. I placed them next to the house with some wood chips around the pots (but not enough to surround the pots all the way to the top). When I shoveled the driveway from the snow a couple weeks ago, I piled some snow around and on top of the pots for a little more insulation (we had extremely cold temps after that snow). We've had pretty mild temps since then and the snow has melted. That will be my plan for the rest of the winter: shovel a little snow around them when it snows. I'm hoping for a mild winter.

I know irises are pretty Hardy when it comes to cold.

Most are fine in the ground here; even from hybridizers further south.

I am new to IRIS just got started 2021 in September. Most settled in nicely and some of the rebloomers are still flowering now 1/27/22. Here are a few of the blooms.

Robert ~ Lovely and to the Iris Forum!

Do you have names for your irises?

Welcome, Robert. Are you any realtion to this Robert Hollingworth? https://wiki.irises.org/Main/B...

DaisyDo the spelling is different. My last name has a s in it his does not.

evelyninthegarden the names are :
Autumn Ring
Double Exposure
Iron Eagle
Just a Touch
Above the Rim
Autumn Ring
Golden Immortal
Orange Juice
Raspberry Frost

Listed top to bottom.

Robert. So glad you joined us. Your Iris are looking lovely for just getting started with them last Sept. I especially love Autumn Ring, Double Exposure, and Just a touch.

to the forum Robert

Robert, always nice to have new people growing irises.