How to Plant Bearded Iris for Beautiful Results - Bareroot planting.

Iris was my mom's favorite flower and when she passed I inherited most of hers. I have hundreds of Iris in every color you could imagine including what is called a black Iris. I also have clay soil so when I moved all her Iris to my home I had to do a Lot of soil amending to be able to plant them.

I moved into a home where there were probably three or 400 irises in the front yard! They had been left to grow in a bed probably 30 years ago, and had multiplied and multiplied, and taken over quite a large rectangular area I am slowly digging them up and relocating them and selling a few.

I live in OK and irises love our clay soil. I bought several different bearded irises in purple, white and lavender. I did add some sand when I planted them, but I believe they would grow well regardless. I was teaching a friend tonight about the mother plant and how you throw it away and keep the babies. 😊 I gave her some deep purple ones. I divide mine every fall and every Spring and share with friends. They love being divided and I love sharing them! Great video!

Iris are some of my favorite. I have transplants from my grandmother’s that I have kept for decades. It’s a nice reminder of my ole KY home from my childhood.

Interesting. I didn't know about these. Definitely one to add to my list for next year. First time gardener this year so the more I learn the better. Great video.

So excited with the beauty of the flower and what seems to be the ease of its growth...thanks!! Some times I get so discouraged with my garden until I watch your new video, newbie gardner!

I’ve never heard of this kind of flower.thanks for Showing us how to grow these flowers.I’m thirteen so my mom will need to find a place.I don’t have very many flower plants because I don’t control where everything goes so ya.if you’ve been to my YouTube channel I don’t have very many flowers in my garden.happy gardening.

I'm really excited about this series. Over the past several years my focus has been solely on growing my own food. Now after the first year of doing just that I am branching my thought process out even further into ornamentals primarily to feed the pollinators that need food and attractions to bring them into my garden. Plus, I love a beautiful landscape, but just like with everything else I have never done well. Now that I have conquered my black thumb I am excited to see what else I can grow. And, of course, I learned something. I learn something with every one of your videos; even the strictly personal ones. 😉

This is nice. Thank you for all your tips. I'm still loving my bloodleaf plant. Racoons invaded my garden space and uprooted a bunch of my plant, some lived and some plants disnt make it. They broke my bloodleaf so I repotted the roots and placed the broked top part in water. It got a few roots so I planted it and I'm hoping for the best. Keep the videos coming.

I first noticed bearded iris when on holidays in Bergerac France. Every May we would drive around, and they would line people's driveways. Such beautiful colours. I'm hoping to plant some at the shallow end of my new pond.

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I absolutely love your concise instructional videos…. Thanks !!

I love these flowers!! I only have a bed across the front of my apt. So, these are in there. I work and don't have a lot of time to garden so they are perfect. Beautiful show and they really look great! Thanks for this video because I'm just getting ready to thin my beds!

I had some issues with blooming. A friend told me to sprinkle bone meal on them in the spring and fall. That fixed the problem. I wasn't using the Neptune's then. Purhaps that would have helped also. Thanks for all you do!

That was a fantastic video, thank you so much, your enthusiasm shines through and is infectious! I bought an unmarked Iris last year in a pot in the reduced section of a garden centre last Autumn. I potted it on. This year it was so unbelievable that I shared her with a friend and would drive it to hers for a bit then back to mine etc. It was a gingery golden brown with lower falls? that shone with a rainbow metallic hue. She was stunning. Your video has inspired me to go and divide her and pot her on. Thank you!

Very informative. Thank you for all help. This video was my favorite iris video as I needed this information.

Great vid! I just dug up at least 40 of these that I have to put into a new bed that's in the sun. My father-in-law planted them in shade about 10 years ago. I think I've seen one or two blooms on them.

Thank you for the tutorial! Now I know why one of my Irises won’t bloom! I was fascinated by the plant behind you. It looks like a member of the papyrus family. Now-a-days, you see the “King Tut” variety but I find that type a little too “bushy topped” and wild looking. The one you have looks very much like the variety I had for years. If I grew it indoors, it would grow to 8 feet tall in 2 years and touch my ceiling. The head would grow to 1 1/2 feet wide. To root a new plant you just cut one of the heads and turn it upside down in water. I enjoyed it for many years till I moved to a place that was too small to contain it. Cats just loved it and would destroy it. Seeing the plant brought back happy memories.

Have been really enjoying your videos, but now, after showing us those iris tubers in "suspended animation" for 2 years, I frankly adore you. That is SO like something I would do (have done.) Thanks for a very good and educational video!

Absolutely brilliant!! Thank you.