kathy wrote:
BV, jan told me not to divide the iris until
after they finish blooming.

Tnx for the info. My iris have overgrown their (large!) basket, and
died off in the middle -- ie. they *really* need dividing, but I now I
know to wait until after they bloom. The bloody basket must weigh close
on 80lbs -- I can barely lift it above the water surface, and the roots
have come all through the bottom and sides.

I've also got a few small baskets that I don't recall what's in them
;-). I think one is the Arrowhead Lily, one is the white pickerelweed
(which I suspect is dead, but I'm hoping will recover), and one is a
waterlily tuber that may also be kaput.

The water forget-me-not is greening up nicely.

-- Kizhe

Of course, being a lazy water gardener,
I haven't actually divided them yet... and
they are growing outside the island...

And I didn't trim the seed pods either
(did I mention my lazy gardening habits?)
so the seed pods went pop and now I've
got volunteer iris growing in the grassy bank,
which is kind of kewl.

kathy :-)

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