Iris question

If I planted some bearded iris rhizomes last fall, will they bloom this year?

I bought some last fall and planted them, but now I can't read the tags, so I don't know which is which anymore. I need to move them this fall when we move the trailer out, but I don't remember which I planted where. If they will bloom this summer, I will be able to figure it out, since I know what I planted, just not where. Knowing what they are will help with where I plant them again.

Yes, if the rhizomes were healthy, they certainly should. Often, if they weren't healthy enough when you planted them in fall, they will skip the spring and bloom in fall when it begins to turn cool. But most of them that are full size when you plant them will bloom the following spring.

Thank you Aimee!

They appeared to be healthy when I planted them, so they should bloom either this spring or this coming fall either way. They are up and looking good now. Either bloom time is fine with me, I just wanted to know which they were before I moved them this fall. I wasn't sure if irises were like lilies and wouldn't bloom for a year or two after planting.

I'll keep an eye on them an mark them again when they bloom, so I know where I want to replant them. I am trying not to get two pinks or two blues planted side by side. Too confusing for me to keep them separate and named.

Aimee is right, they probably will flower for you this year but here is one of my experiences just in case.

I planted some very healthy looking Iris, plump rhizomes and beautiful fans bought at a garden club plant sale. However, they didn't flower for 2 years even though they were mature and had flowered in their previous home. Last year they flowered very poorly but this year they have many flower spikes and much better flowers.

Thanks Baa, I'll keep that in mind. If they don't flower this year, I guess I'll just take my chances on where I put them and be surprised when they do bloom.

I read somewhere that if you get them in the ground before July they will bloom the following year. If planted after July, they wouldn't bloom tillthe following year, and that was my experience when I moved a whole bed of them.

"eyes"

Thanks eyes, I didn't plant them until after July, so I guess I'll just have to wait and see what they do. If I move them again this fall, I probably won't see them boom for a few more years huh? Maybe I would be better off moving them now.

Joan - If you are just lifting the whole plants and relocating them they will do much better than if they had been divided. Move them with as much soil around the roots as you can. As far as blooming goes - you may still get blooms. I think it depends on the variety. I planted a slew of new ones last year. I got the rhizomes in July and planted them in containers because I didn't have a spot ready for them. When I finally started putting them in the garden in September... one of the re-bloomers had a flower stalk on it.

Thanks Sue! I have already decided to move them now, rather than later. I will take as much of the soil around them as I can too. That won't be a problem. Maybe that way they won't know they've been moved. I'll try to do this tomorrow if it's not snowing like they say.