I agree. I take up, clean and pot any remaining bits of iris that have rot and that are hard to find. I pot new irises that I get as bonuses and already have growths of. This allows me to not dig my clump but to take the irises from the pots, wash, treat and send the next spring. I like to keep some dwarf irises, especially beautiful ones, in pots so I can move them up to the porch and walks very early in the spring where I can enjoy their blooms more. I have also kept dwarf irises in pots in order to take them to garden clubs, plant meetings and even he library when they were in bloom. Potted irises do quite well for me here perhaps because I can move them out of the bright sunlight during the hottest month of the year.
