End of August 2015 I had the pleasure to receive most unusual historic irises. They had travled from a continent to another. They arrived whith their green leaves. After opening this parcel of nuggets I planted them straight away, in pots. After the leaves died down I noticed one of the rhizome without any green start for many month. The thizome was still hard and healthy, however I was very worried. Was it going to grow back or not? I have been watching the growth every single day and today it seems that the one that was worrying me is growing back. I am not familiar with cultivation in pots but I did so this year as I wanted to have a very close watch to all of them.
Whenever I receive new irises from the trade or from private collectors I am opening a file with the date of reception, from whom I received them, the name of the irises, the number of rhizomes, the size of the rhisomes and I am doing a mapping together with pictures.
How do you manage your irises? Did you ever try to rescue irises and which method is yours? Is a rescue operation related to disease or further to the fact that the rhizome is of a nail size and could be difficult to locate in the garden? Your feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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On August 23, 2015
Today March 7, 2016
The little green leaf on the left is a happy event! Late growth should mean late blooming. What do you think? I have been waiting years to see some irises to bloom. That particular one will certainly will not bloom this year but I will go on nurserying it!
