It has been several years since I ordered new bearded Irises, as I had obtained so many through trades, swaps, and gifts from generous gardeners, that was all I could keep up with at the time. I've spent the last couple of years moving lots of them around to display them to best advantage and for color harmony. Completing that project showed me which colors were sadly unrepresented in the garden, so I had to fix that!
Normally, August is not a time of year I spend much time working the soil, and summer weeds hop on the chance to get a foothold. This year, due to having new Irises to install, I got the beds tidier than they've ever been at this time of year! Ha! New Irises make me a better gardener! Hmmmm....guess I'll have to do it every year....LOL
