hi somebody has given me some of these as a present, they are the dwarf dear delight variety.
i belive it's ok to plant them right now but there is snow outside and i wondered if it's ok to keep them covered in peat in the box they came in. how long could i keep them like that?
would it be better to do something else? i'm a complete garden novice. i live in the uk.
thanks

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Iris+sibirica

If the ground is not frozen plant them. Go outside and play; brush the
snow aside and see if you can dig a hole.
Good luck.
On Jan 25, 7:23*am, lowlife wrote:
hi somebody has given me some of these as a present, they are the dwarf
dear delight variety.
i belive it's ok to plant them right now but there is snow outside and
i wondered if it's ok to keep them covered in peat in the box they came
in. how long could i keep them like that?
would it be better to do something else? i'm a complete garden novice.
i live in the uk.
thanks

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lowlife

hi, ok they're in the ground. now after all that hard work, do i need to protect them from being eaten? a scarecrow? anti-squirrell mines? netting etc?
thanks

On Jan 27, 8:16?am, lowlife wrote:
hi, ok they're in the ground. now after all that hard work, do i need to
protect them from being eaten? a scarecrow? anti-squirrell mines?
netting etc?
thanks

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lowlife

If you live near woods which have plenty of oak and butternut trees
(or other nut trees) the squirrels would much rather eat them
instead. You can put some hardware cloth over the freshly dug earth
to keep the squirrels from being nosy. Maybe some hot pepper
sprinkled over the spot.