I have a question similiar to the OP. I planted some Dutch Iris bulbs last
month and now they are starting to sprout. I never gave them a cold
treatment. Should I protect them over the winter, bring them inside, or
leave as it is already. I'm in NYC zone 7.
-Theo

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:19:28 -0500, Theo wrote:

I have a question similiar to the OP. I planted some Dutch Iris bulbs
last month and now they are starting to sprout. I never gave them a cold
treatment. Should I protect them over the winter, bring them inside, or
leave as it is already. I'm in NYC zone 7. -Theo


Leave em.

No need to do anything, except to add a bit of loose mulch (bark mulch,
leaves) if you haven't already. The foliage may grow a bit more, but it
will slow down and stop as the weather gets colder, and they will bloom at
the proper time in the spring without any kind of intervention.

Dutch iris often do this, as do grape hyacinth.

Cheers,
Sue

--

Zone 6, South-central PA

"Theo" wrote in message
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I have a question similiar to the OP. I planted some Dutch Iris bulbs
last
month and now they are starting to sprout. I never gave them a cold
treatment. Should I protect them over the winter, bring them inside, or
leave as it is already. I'm in NYC zone 7.
-Theo

In article , "Theo"
wrote:

I have a question similiar to the OP. I planted some Dutch Iris bulbs last
month and now they are starting to sprout. I never gave them a cold
treatment. Should I protect them over the winter, bring them inside, or
leave as it is already. I'm in NYC zone 7.
-Theo

I've patches of three heirloom irises which are showing the tops of their
fat blades right now, &amp they've all been in the ground for a couple of
years. It seems to be pretty normal.

-paghat the ratgirl

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"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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