And they can rot just as easy anywhere else. When I had to move all 300+
iris from one area to another I had to pot a lot of them up for the winter
and then I put the pot 1/2 the way into the ground. Not only did I lose very
few ( about 5 or 6 ) they still bloomed the next spring.

Many of the Iris growers I've chatted with will pot up new iris plants for
their first winter and plant them only after the spring bloom time is past.
And these are ones that sell iris too.


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"Ann" wrote in message
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"starlord" expounded:

The best thing she can do is to put them in Pots for the winter, this
should
keep them alive and growing. Then once they are ready to be planted put
them
in a new bed. This is IF they are the Tall Beaded Iris, if they are L.A.
Iris then they should be taken inside and placed in something like a
bucket
of water and placed where they get a bit of light from a window.

Being zone 6 I would think they are TBI's, in that case as said above,
pot
them up and place them outside then.

I seriously doubt they'll make it if they're just potted up, they'll
freeze solidly, thaw, etc. over and over and rot by the spring. Much
better off to put them in the ground somewhere, not where they'll
ultimately be, even in a shady corner, and then properly plant them in
the spring.
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Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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