I wish you all good luck with your poor irises.
I feel like I may need to check some of my newer plantlings JUST in case. Some of the ones I planted several weeks ago seem to be losing colour in their fans - but, it is hard to tell for me if that is just a natural thing (aka, die away the leaves so the rhizomes can root) or if they're actually injured or not.
A noid iris I will call 'PR' (pinkish-red, kind of like Louvois) - there were a lot of rhizomes given to me by a great friend of mine (who wants to give me more! What!), and those were higher priority than say, what I already have. She also gave me what is unmistakably an iris pallida clone (they're E-V-E-R-Y-W-H-E-R-E around these parts of Virginia (eastern? Close-ish to WV) and even more so in NC and towards the coastline. Regardless, I am grateful for those, and I will easily take care of them, but PR is a new type, so it will get more work put to it to take care of the rhizome - ANYWAYS, every one of PR (probably around 8-10 rhizomes), the fans seem to be yellowing.
She also gave me a yellow noid (real light, lemony yellow which I'll identify as Lemon-yellow, or LY for time's sake
), and they're paired together with PR in a pattern (PR/LY/PR, or YL/PR/YL and so on) in little groups. Most of the LYs are doing well, but some have begun to yellow as well.
It is particularly noticeable in one of my recent orders, Lucy Doodle. She seems to have been hit perhaps the worst. The day I planted the two rhizomes (probably a split, because I ordered one), it rained really hard that night, if I recall. Every other TB I purchased/received (I know LD is a intermediate) look really quite fine. Right at the top where the cuts are made, there are some slightly yellowing spots, but that doesn't worry me as much as how Lucy Doodle, some of the outer leaves have already browned in what, 12-13 days? PR and LY have been there a few days longer, and PR has been subject to the rain, and now the sudden drought (it hasn't rained in around 9-10 days after being 'significantly' raining 13/20 days in August - whew, it has been a wet and humid July and August). I have brand new varieties introduced that have been delicately watered just in case it decides to pour out the heavens on us at any given day.
They probably need more water.
Regardless, any ideas? I'll try and see if I can get accurate 'depictions' or images later on showing what I am talking about. Or, I may be overly worried for absolutely no reason. I know irises are incredibly resilient.....but I'm not sure they are until they're well and rooted.
