Oh Teresa, I have not heard that one before. My first order has been in the ground about 3 weeks and they are growing. The second order has been in the ground about 2 weeks and they are holding their own I guess. They are not dead anyway. I know my mother-in-law planted some many years ago in her zone 4 garden and when she passed on (before I took an interest in irises) I dug most of them out. I thought I got them all but lo and behold there were some blooming the following summer so I have just left them. I figured if they were that hardy in zone 4 and the deer won't touch them, I need to just leave them alone.
