I don't THINK I searched this topic, but I definitely thought about it. Now the internet reads our minds. 😊

I've been growing irises for about 15 years something you also might want to mention is dividing them every 3 years it looks like yours are ready for division

@Anon-xd3cf

Жыл бұрын

Big time. That ring structure is a dead giveaway.

@anneharrington7951

Жыл бұрын

I agree, it's a tough job to divide. So when i do, i plant them 18 inches apart.

@deniseirby4054

Жыл бұрын

When is the best time to divide?

@stevebrucken1944

Жыл бұрын

@@deniseirby4054 in july

@ryanriley1948

Жыл бұрын

Only devide if each clump isn't providing flowers yours all are so leave them till they don't

Wonderful! Headed out the door to work on the Iris. thanks so much for the quick detailed information.

Growing irises for well over 40 years I never cut the stalk off as you can get the seed pods. In the fall you should cut the leaves off about 3" - 4" from the ground. Also when you see the tips turning brown there are several reasons why this can happen. If its too dry this can happen on a leaf or tow but other causes can be what is nown as iris rot which is caused by a bacteria but normally you see that on the centre leaves. Also it could be due to an Iris borer - an insect. As nice as this lady is, more information needs to be given so you're not just hacking away at your irises.

@tdginter

3 жыл бұрын

I'm in KY. My irises bloomed very early this year. And the spot they're in is very packed. Can I thin them now, at the end spring? They're very overcrowded on a small spot between the mailbox & road curb.

@tigress63

3 жыл бұрын

@@tdginter I would normally thin them out after blooming, never before. If it's done blooming then dig want you want out and leave the rest as next year you'll want them to bloom. Depending on the v ariety it can take sometimes 2 - 3 years after you transplant. I also do a very thorough cleaning of the roots first I soak it in cool but not cold water to loosen the soil. Once the soil is off I'll put them in a a 1 part bleach to 10 parts water (for about 30 minutes) as this kills any bacteria, fungus or parasites that may be hanging on the root. Ensure the soil is nicely tilled so it can establish its roots. Once it is transplanted it normally will take an iris a few years to complete it's growth circle. Youll notice on some of your older iris rhizomes they will form almost like a circle if they are german bearded ones. For Siberian irises it takes them at least three years to bloom after transplanting. But I don't know if you can grow those where you are at. I'm up in Canada so I can't really successfully grow louisiana irises.

@rmullins9596

Жыл бұрын

Also a KY girl asking about the huge bulb after they bloom you said that's seeds? tell more about that,I know nothing.?

@carolnelson8459

Жыл бұрын

My irises did not come back this ear except for maybe three or four flowers. Can you tell me why?

@tigress63

Жыл бұрын

@@rmullins9596 after they bloom if you see a swollen pod, then pollination has been successful. Leave it on for the rest of the summer. Eventually the pod will turn wrinkly and eventually dry until it's brown. At the end of the summer generally you can harvest the seeds. Siberian Irises will self-propagate by just shaking the pods when they are brown, and you cut things down at the end of the year. But there are many different varieties of irises. Find out which one you have, and you'll be able to figure out the best timing on when to harvest the seeds and plant them. etc.

Cut just below the lowest flower bud. This keeps more of the water in the plant. Let the plant draw more from the flowering stem to strengthen the root tubers for next year. This is more important for areas that are in more desert like zones.

Great job couldn’t be more clear. Thanks so much for this 👏

This is the absolute BEST video of Iris care/planting on KZread! Thank you!

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

That's so great to hear. Thank you so much!

Great video. Excellent content. I have always loved the green foliage of any flowering perennial and now with your great tip I can preserve their beauty so much longer. My iris' will be blooming in about a week. Couldn't be more excited!

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

How exciting! I hope it ends up being a wonderful bloom year for you.

Perfect tutorial, the one I was looking for 👌💕

That looks so much better! Thank you for the tips! 🌻

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

Very glad it was helpful!

Awsome tutorial, many thanks Catherine. I'm about to head off into the garden!

@carterignacio913

2 жыл бұрын

I know I'm kinda randomly asking but do anybody know a good place to stream newly released series online?

Very nicely done, comprehensive video.

I needed this right now!🙏🏻

Thank you for this easy to understand video! Awesome tips!!

Awesome video!! Thank you so much for these tips. God bless you and your channel

Thank you for the tip! I’ll be doing that with mine 😊

Thank you for your informative tutorial. Very much appreciated, thank you.

Thank yous for sharing.... Definitely looks different, Appreciate your time and effort plus teaching and tutorials on how you like it done.

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I am a new iris owner.

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! I hope they bring you lots of joy for years to come.

Thank you for providing much needed info. I don’t like gardening but I love my irises and my roses. I can do that much.

@catherinemoravec1648

3 жыл бұрын

That’s good to hear. It’s worth caring for what you love.

I had just finished cleaning up my irises when the algorithms showed me this video. It's good to get confirmation that I was doing the right thing.

@catherinemoravec1648

3 жыл бұрын

So great to hear. Glad we are like minded.

Hi! from South Korea. I love iris too. especially German iris. Yours look so great

According to our horticulturist, he says to leave it alone regarding the leaves until they die down in the fall. It’s ok to remove the spent flower and just leave the stalk. It’s not the prettiest way, but I get gorgeous 300 blooms every Spring. Fertilize in Fall and early Spring with 10-10-10..

@shawndakramer7352

3 жыл бұрын

Brand of fertilizer you use?

@catherine9774

3 жыл бұрын

@@shawndakramer7352 just any 10-10-10..at Home Depot or Lowe’s. Also used for grass. Comes in a large bag.

@christineribone9351

Жыл бұрын

Why would you fertilize in fall? They are going dormant.

@sherrybrockway8176

Жыл бұрын

The farm I bought my iris from, also said leave stalk. Moisture is important and healthy.

@graydon479

Жыл бұрын

fall fertilizer helps build strong root reserves for next year.

This is a wonderful video and exactly what I was looking for to learn how to care for my irises. Thank you!

@catherinemoravec1648

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the feedback. I'm so glad to hear it was helpful.

@normpeplow3813

2 жыл бұрын

Well said -- me to.

I worked intuitively yesterday on irises planted last summer, my first, and lucked out. Whew!

Thank you for showing me how to trim my irises after they have bloomed.

Nice Felco trimmers. The best!

KZread algorithms lead me here.! I like your video

Thanks for the tips Catherine. I'm always making a mess of them every year- this is helpful.

@catherinemoravec1648

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your feedback.Thank you.

Thank you so much new to this gardening thing so love it

@ginawiggles918

4 жыл бұрын

When I first started with irises I cut the stalk after the first flower bloomed. I didn't realize that each stalk will eventually have several flowers on it. Oh the mistakes one makes when learning. :) I hope you get as much enjoyment from your garden as I have in my 70 years. I started as a child...digging weeds out of my dad's beautiful dichondra lawn.

Thank you! Very helpful video =)

Thank you! We had a glorious spring here in southeastern NC and the iris beds I inherited when I moved here were the most abundantly beautiful they have ever been. I'll never cut them down to the ground because they make a nice bed of greenery all year around even after they bloom. The beds on either side of the front porch steps become a backdrop for summer annuals in front of them. There were so many blooms this year that i've needed to deadhead and cut the stalks back but wanted to make sure I did them right. Thanks again for the instruction!!

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

So glad it was helpful. And it's great to hear that NC has had an amazing iris year, too!

@Handmaidenofyeshua

2 жыл бұрын

Cut the flower stalk down completely, not the whole plant!

Thank you for this excellent video on Irises ‼️‼️🌸

@catherinemoravec1648

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the comment. Very glad to hear it was helpful to you!

SO informative!! Thank you!!!

You have a pleasant voice. I think I will subscribe. Although I do know irises; been growing them for years.

Thank you much for this great timely info. I'm in Boise, ID and my Irises (IRI?? LOL) are about finished blooming. I m so glad to know the best way to cut, prune and tidy up my favorite garden.

Very helpful, thank you for sharing.

Good to know. I just moved part of a patch of ivory ones from an abandoned property. I cut the pieces into a short pointed fan shape. Hoping they make it in this heat.

Thanks so much for your video, much appreciated! 😊

@catherinemoravec1648

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Boy! You got some health iris plants 👍

Thank you. Very informative!

I love this video, thanks so much.

Thanks, this video helped me a lot.

I was just thinking about this today! Yeah, now I know what to do.

@christys8445

4 жыл бұрын

Jody Bradley Me too. Day after your post. Happy Gardening from Milwaukee !! 🌱🌷🌹🌻🌸🌺🌼

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You, too!

Great video!

Wow! Nice plants!😄

I am going out in the morning and doing this.

Thanks dear for sharing this tip how to deadhead the iris...I'm gonna make mine too

This was very informative for me. THANK YOU.This yr. Has been the BEST for me. Many more blooms and deep radiant golden and yellow colours. Deep dark purples and lilacs. Like never berfoe. 2020 MICHIGAN. THANK YOU JESUS.

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear you've had a great bloom year. That's wonderful!

Very Nice. Thank you!

Thank you for your video!

Thanks very much for the info very much appreciared

loved this video --- thank you, Catherine! Question here....how far apart should African Irises be planted??

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks from Slovenija ❤️

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! We are kindred gardeners halfway across the world. That's wonderful.

Perfect timing ! My Iris have finished blooming, normally I let the stalks remain , but the look is not pleasing to the eye, so I shall go out now & clean things up. Thanks for the info.

@catherinemoravec1648

3 жыл бұрын

So glad this was helpful to you. Thanks for the kind words.

Hello from.north central wyoming! Thx for the helpful video!!

@catherinemoravec1648

3 жыл бұрын

It's great to hear from our neighbor to the north! Thanks for reaching out and I hope you have a fantastic iris year.

Interesting information . Seems like you are just making work. I’ve had the same irises for forty years without doing anything to them

I learned a lot. Thank you!

Thank you for the video. Remember to always use your pruning shears with the blade towards the portion that you are going to retain. If the Anvil is towards the portion you are going to retain it will be a crushing cut which would heal much more slowly and look unattractive in the meantime. This is a general rule of thumb with all pruning

Very informative

Thank you!

Thanks for your video. My wife and I purchased our retirement home and there are 3 flower beds loaded with Iris's. Was not sure how to care for them now that they are done blooming. Thanks for the info. Terry

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Hope they bring you joy for many years to come.

I collected iris leaves from the mountains behind where I live. I've plaited them and they support my nasturtiums. I'm thinking of making some shoes out of the plaits, like espadrilles. Thank you for the information.

I prune mine just like you do. O have noticed that some spent flowers will form a bulb.

Yes!!! I see it coming off the root!!!

Thank you for this video. When I moved into my place in the Spring of 2012, a few months after my father passed away, I planted a single Iris plant that I dug up from his yard. Since then it's taken over half the growing area outside my kitchen window, and grows more beautiful each year when it blooms. (As an aside, a few weeks ago while I was out on my patio in the early morning busy taking pictures of them, my kitty decided to escape - for the first time since I adopted her six years ago - because I forgot to close the screen door. Luckily she returned after a half hour, probably because she was ready for breakfast.. :-) Anyhow, now that the iris bed is in need of attention, I thought I'd search for a video showing how to properly do the job. In the past I've always just guessed how to do it. So your video is just what I need to go out there this time with the confidence to do it the right way.

Iris is a very tough plant. I trim the leaves in a fan shape also and I have way to many Iris!! ASAP I’m gonna be giving away a bunch. Good video.

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. Yes, they are wonderful plants indeed!

Great, good to know im doing it right

Thanks you for this information.

@catherinemoravec1648

Жыл бұрын

Greatly appreciate the comment. Thank you!

I was just searching irises last night. Look where the algorithm brought me.

Thanks for this, and previous video on planting iris. In both you mention "the hole in the middle" of the planting problem. My solution is to plant three rhizomes in a group, with all growing in the same direction, instead of out from the center. The whole patch may move with time, but you can always split off a few rhizomes from the front and move them to the back of the galloping herd!

@catherinemoravec1648

4 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea. I really appreciate you sharing this with everyone. Smart thinking!

@cherylcameron6099

2 жыл бұрын

The spent blooms oft times develop a pod what is its significance and should that stem be kept? Cut?

Thanks…good to know👏👍

I am like you, I like them to look tidy. Thank you.

@ginawiggles918

4 жыл бұрын

Another vote for tidy. I'm out deadheading in the garden every day. It's relaxing. And I love to compost.

@cynthiabailey4052

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your very Thorough instructions. The directions were thoughtful and very easy to follow; this is my first year cutting back the irises and you made it very delightful. CAB

Best video

Imma go do this

I’ve always been taught to leave the stalks on, Bc the plant actually absorbs the nutrients back into themselves. If you just cut off the dead flowers, you won’t even see the green stalk within the leaves.

@MarkRaymondLuce

2 жыл бұрын

👍

I miss my Iris! I had 30 + varieties in my Virginia Beach garden. I'm now in Tucson and really miss my blooms. Lift and divide every 2-3 years...

Thank you

Amazing, how did you know I planted Irises today? Thanks for the tutorial ! Btw.... you are a beautiful lady, I love your hair. Forget about it!

@catherinemoravec1648

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I hope your irises thrive for many years!

Felcos. Nice.

Thank you🌹🇨🇦

Thank you. I have a reblooming iris (Ziggy) that I planted last year in August. It bloomed this year but not well. Perhaps it needs a sunnier spot away from the surrounding perennials. Because it’s considered a rebloomer, should it be moved at a different time than other irises, like after its second bloom? When it the best time to move reblooming irises? 🙏

There is “actually a plant health reason” to cut stalks on an angle, as it allows microbes, water, and insects/larvae to run off the angled cut surface rather than dwell there and cause rot or disease.

@carolemuenzer5490

4 жыл бұрын

That’s what I have heard too Ava Salvatore

@Elizabeth-rp1pi

4 жыл бұрын

You actually can find as many professional gardeners that believe this angle cutting is bunk.

@ERMAV

3 жыл бұрын

Let’s fight about angled cutting.....

@Max-hq2jm

3 жыл бұрын

Actually

@gaillittlefield1649

3 жыл бұрын

@@ERMAV 🤣😆🤣

Hi Catherine - I tried to maintain the spreading of my bearded irises, but came across the ugly mushy rhizomes (because of borers :( do you have a video on that issue please?! thanks a lot. Hala

Cutting off the bloom after it is DONE blooming is a good idea for all blooming plants. For an Iris they need to be thinned out once in awhile. But an Iris is very sturdy plant!

Good

like your hair too

I have been doing this treatment for years. Do you have any tips to strengthen the plant. For example fertilizer. I have noticed some of the tubers have died off. Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening ?

I have a beautiful iris. But for some reason it died back all the way to just a oblong bulb . What can I do to save it?

What do you do about the grubs that eat the center of your iris rizomes?? God bless.

I live in California and every spring after they bloom I get some sort of bugs on the leaves. They are a ton of small tiny white bugs and attract alot of flies. What can I use to avoid this?

At the end of the season or lets say winter do I cut the entire plant downward, leaving a few inches?

Ive always cut them down low for the winter and they grow back for Spring/Summer

@mariankeller5852

3 жыл бұрын

I do the same and they bloom every spring

@lindahollander3588

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what Martha Stewart did ,cut them down at an angle in the fall

When they start turning brown or dying back, I run the mower over mine. They come back even more and I an over run with them, I am going ti dig a lot up and give them away.

@tdginter

3 жыл бұрын

They will multiple a lot without mowing over them. I've never done anything to mine, and the spot they're it way overcrowded in 3 - 4 yrs.

You have beautiful hair.

I have quite a few irises and they haven’t bloomed well this year. What am I doing wrong. I noticed that yours are growing in clusters. A lot of mine are singles. What should I do and how deep do you plant them Joey T

Do you do the same thing for reblooming iris?

Hello good job. Any seeds after flowering. Thanks

Thanks for the video. I live in Michigan. How do I treat iris bore? My plant's have been wiped out the last couple of years. Thanks 😊

@catherinemoravec1648

3 жыл бұрын

Gosh, I'm not sure. Iris borer is not common in my area, so don't have any experience to share. Hope you find some good information.