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Unikyu
My Garden
| | Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 08:24 am EST : |   
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Hi,
Posed this question in another thread, but decided to repeat it here...
Will post picture that shows some of the varieties I have in the garden, but surprisingly none of them really bloomed last year at all. Ok, picture's too large... here is a link.
http://unikyu.com/UY/images/si_images/ode2irisaria.gif
Do you think it is a problem with placement. I had a huge patch of hardy blue iris (not pictured here) but none of them bloomed at all. Thinking maybe it all had something to do with a need to divide the clumps or maybe the mulch I used or?
Did anyone else have a problem last year in particular? Any ideas?
Unikyu
- New York,
Zone "7"
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Loretta
 Supporting Member
| | Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 - 07:40 am EST : |
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Many of my iris did not bloom but they were new purchases or moved and I figured that was the reason. Some of the new ones did bloom.
On the other hand, I dug up a patch of some blue type that came with the house, it spent the winter laying above ground - granted it was mild, I split it up when I decided to keep it and it still bloomed.
How did the foliage do for you? Was it thick or sparse?
Loretta
- NJ,
Zone "6"
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Unikyu
My Garden
| | Posted on Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 08:14 am EST : |
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Hi Loretta *wave*,
The foliage was deceptibly full and healthy looking, so I was really psyched to see all the lovely blooms and I waited and waited and nothing.
The only major change I can think of was that I used a new brand of packaged mulch throughout the garden and it was rather smelly, filled with organic recycled material. I thought the other plants responded nicely to it, but am not sure if the Iris were affected. However, when a friend of mine in Central Europe mentioned that their iris didn't do too well, I started to wonder if something more was going on.
Unikyu
- New York,
Zone "7"
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Eileen
Supporting Member
My Garden Journal
My Weather
| | Posted on Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 08:52 am EST : |
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  The problem you report sounds like it is happening over a wide region. However, I've also read you shouldn't mulch irises. Would that be a cause as well?
Eileen Pennsylvania Zone 5 |
Loretta
Supporting Member
| | Posted on Friday, March 07, 2008 - 09:41 am EST : |
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Right back at you, Marie! 
so you don't think it might have anything to do with needing to be divided?
What creates a bad iris year, I wonder. Last year, we had a bad witchhazel year. I hardly got a flower and the local arboretum, who grow several, had sparse flowers too. We posted about it on another forum and thought maybe it was because of the unusually mild winter last year.
Loretta
- NJ,
Zone "6"
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Unikyu
My Garden
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 09:00 am EST : |
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Am thinking that's possible...
Pardon my slow response.. real life, and garden life, turned up the heat the past few weeks, but thanks for the response... I will deffo be more careful about the mulching this year, though I think with the iris I did make the effort not put a true layer of mulch.
Am keeping an eye on the dividing situation too... I did notice something interesting and took a picture back in March that the Iris seemed to be growing away from the garden bed and out towards the grass.. will see if I can dig up that picture to show you what I mean.. but things have already been blooming in the garden.. am sure the iris will tell me their tale soon.. very soon...
This year's winter was still pretty mild here in the NY.. I mean the garden was really green for much of the time so I am curious to see how it will perform too.
Take it easy everyone, happy gardening!
Unikyu
- New York,
Zone "7"
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