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CIS - Article: Starting Bearded Iris in Pots
... and rhizome heaving seem remote. But that extra step of potting back in July and August to protect rhizomes from heat will eliminate rhizome heaving ... potting procedure. I have not found a rhizome too large to fit in one. If a rhizome has a ‘snout’, an extension of growth ... consider it to be a second rhizome and plant it in the same pot with the mother rhizome. The potting mixture should neither be ...
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New to Bearded Iris need lots of help - Iris Forum - GardenWeb
... ground - shallow so the roots are buried but the rhizome is partially submerged in the soil, and plant some ... like some kind of fungus. A rhizome should be firm like a potato, and the rhizome and some string like roots should be all that an iris plant should posess underground. I would remove any soft lumps like you describe before planting. You may suffer heaving ...
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Canadian Iris Society - Culture: Japanese Iris
... apart; 18-24 inches if you don’t want them crowded in three years. The rhizome should be planted 2-3 inches deep. You can plant them in a depression that ... : 2-3 inches. The mulch helps to conserve moisture, keep the soil cooler and reduce heaving of fall transplants. Remove the old foliage after the first frosts. Destroy the old foliage ...
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Plant Evaluation at the Chicago Botanic Garden - Glossary
... applied to a tree, shrub or perennial exfoliate: to peel away in thin layers frost heaving: when a shallowly rooted plant is pushed up out of the ground by alternating freezing ... : a repeat flowering period, typically several weeks after the completion of the first bloom cycle rhizome: a creeping underground stem, usually horizontal, that produces roots and leaves at the nodes rosette ...
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Questions On Iris
... to mulch since the ground is beginning to freeze. Mulching will prevent heaving. Q: My husband made me a beautiful brick iris bed. We filled ... in the new location. I'm afraid they could be winterkilled from heaving if planted in the fall. Q. Can you tell me how to ... by quackgrass. 2.Going down 4 to 6 inches, remove every quackgrass rhizome you can find. Be sure there are no quack rhizomes along the ...
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Iris Club of Southeast Michigan: Iris Care
... , depending on the plant increase. Cut and replant newer rhizomes from the "mother rhizome." Discard the "mother rhizome" because older rhizomes become woody and are more susceptible to rot and disease. Rhizomes ... winter mulch in late fall. Iris can withstand freezing temperatures, but damage may result from heaving and breaking of roots due to thawing and freezing in late winter or early spring ...
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King County Iris Society - Beared Iris Classifications
... 10" deep. Place the rhizome just beneath the surface with the roots spread out and deeper than the rhizome. Soil should be ... is relatively simple. Keep weeds and grass tufts out of the rhizome clumps. Cultivate shallowly, since the feeder roots are near the surface ... Freezing weather will not harm the rhizomes, other than causing slight "heaving" out of the ground. If this occurs, simply cover the ...
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King County Iris Society - Beared Iris Culture
... 10" deep. Place the rhizome just beneath the surface with the roots spread out and deeper than the rhizome. Soil should be ... is relatively simple. Keep weeds and grass tufts out of the rhizome clumps. Cultivate shallowly, since the feeder roots are near the surface ... Freezing weather will not harm the rhizomes, other than causing slight "heaving" out of the ground. If this occurs, simply cover the ...
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