Iris season is starting, folks!

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Doris_J
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Iris season is starting, folks!

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It's the first Iris bloom of the year!

Iris reticulata 'Pauline'
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How pretty!! I know spring isn't far when you all start posting pictures...... :D

Thanks!!!
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:o :o wow :o :o
We are still under lots of snow here-I cant wait to get back outside in the DIRT.
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oldcoot
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O.C. had several last year

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O.C. had sedveral lst year and check the other day. Not out yet.....Come on Spring

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Post by shadylanejewel »

Hi Doris

:o Gorgeous

Where oh where did you find those?? :D
Julie

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Fred Meyer!
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Post by Garden_of_Mu »

I have three different varieties of them up and blooming - along with alot of other stuff too. I can't believe how early everything is this year!!
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I can believe it

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Up and blooming ?? our ground is still frozen. Sure hope that it happens here too............

That Funny & Friendly Old Coot Saying "It's only 41 more days until SPRING !!"
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Even with frozen ground.....

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Mine are trying to get ready to bloom............

That Funny & Friendly Old Coot Saying "It's only 41 more days until SPRING !!" PLEASE !!
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Hey Old Coot - Word of advice. Clean all that leafy debris off the irises before the temps hit 70 or you risk getting iris borers. They are the larva of a moth that lays it's eggs in the debris. In spring the larva hatch and eat down into the rhizome causing it to rot. They are a problem in the east, south and parts of the midwest.
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I'm planning to do that right away..........

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b ugt I hated to do it and take a chance on another freeze. Howevedfr, the weather is warming up some now I this week-end is supposed to be sunny, so I might just wook out in the yarfd if it isn't too cold...

Thanks for the advise. Haven't ever seenone down here, but I usually c t foliage back. These were new and I just let them go...

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