I agree Sherry. Once the bed is ready, the information on each iris is in the garden records it is time for the irises. I wonder why some companies wait so long to ship. I guess irises go dormant at different times depending on the zone they are grown in. Once August gets here I don't like to try and plant any. Early August is the CAIS sale but it gets really hard here for new irises to get started until September due to the heat.