I'm curious to know how everybody deals with large and sometimes overwhelming orders. Do you put them in containers, or beds, or straight into the garden? If you have designated Iris-only beds, how do you arrange them? By color or size, hybridizer, or alphabetically?
When you select Iris to order, are you motivated by "ooohhh pretty, must have", or "that would look nice in the garden next to________", or "I'd like to use that to breed with____"?
Last year I broke my foot just as most of my orders were arriving, so most went into containers. Then I took over most of my vegetable garden... I planted *most* of those in containers through the fall and winter. Some of the plantings were planned, and some with a wing and a prayer.
This area, that used to have zucchini or melons, is all historics now..
