What if they said..."That's alright, go be with your company, we'll dig them up."
I knew someone (he recently passed away) whose wife had a lot of irises. When she passed away he got rid of all of them. After some time, he wanted some of her irises back so some people gathered some up for him. A man rang his door bell one day asking if he could have some irises. He said sure and that man dug up and took everything. Before he passed away I offered him irises, but he didn't want to garden anymore. I still grow some of her irises that she gave me 25+/- years ago.
