Mid-Atlantic Gardening: End of summer blooms, 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Karen and Cat---
That would be awesome!!! Helping me dig and divide the iris....
I think to do this before the Swap would be too early--as there
are all kinds of other annuals and perennials growing around these iris.

Just a couple days ago--Jill wrote an nice article on digging
and dividing Iris. May have been yesterday???
If you still have your weekly DG Newsletter--it lists all the articles
for about 10 days prior.

Mostly--I have two to sprawled clumps to divide...
One is a deep purple that was in my Uncle's yard. he was an organic gardener.
These iris were all over the place. He died in 1991 and my Aunt died in 1993.

After that--the house was unoccupied for quite a while-and I went and dug
some of these up and brought them to [plant in my own garden.
They have spread--miserably! One big mass....(Pic. #1)

The other is not so spread--but still needs dividing. It is called "Ice Cap".
Pale blue tops and a bit deeper blue bottoms to the blooms.
These came from my neighbor's Betsy's yard (where the Pakistani family lives)
and I dug some of these up to "rescue" them from whatever the new owners
might do to them.
Glad I did it--as they cut down every shrub and, eventually, all the trees in
their yard--dug up whatever bulbs were in their way, etc....

Betsy's Father owned a Bulbs Nursery on the Eastern Shore.
He was from Holland--and gifted Betsy (his daughter) with many nice bulbs.

SO! Here is the NOID Purple Iris--and the "Snow Cap" one....

Of course--you realize--that you will go home with some extras....:o)