How to divide Bearded Irises

Marc shows us how to divide and care for Bearded Irises.
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[@robertelliott8071]

Thank you. One of the best and most instructive gardening videos I've ever seen on KZbin.

[@AirHeadArms]

♥️🎋🌞

[@evasilvalayton758]

I’ve learned so much on this video! Thanks!

[@margaretz5166]

Definitely the best practical class (about Iris or not) I've ever had. Thank you so much for the details and depth! 😀

[@monikabarry6509]

So helpful! Thank you!

[@tommarymarking1579]

Thanks, that was helpful, especiall the pot ash tip!

[@adz5bneweng589]

Loved this video. Very helpful!

[@bethchattosplantsgardens7876]

Thank you 🙂

[@adz5bneweng589]

@@bethchattosplantsgardens7876 I regularly divide and transplant iris and, shame on me, never considered the direction of the sun...simply making sure the back of the rhizome is slightly exposed (U.s. zone 5b). I also regularly discard the 'mother" rhizomes, never realizing that healthy ones might actually rebloom. (Though most often I'm dealing with sacrificial mothers - love that term from you...am stealing that.)

[@bethchattosplantsgardens7876]

@@adz5bneweng589 glad to read that you found the video helpful.

[@commonsense955]

Great Presentation! Appreciated!! We have a single Bearded Iris in the backyard of a property we purchased six years ago. Not knowing any better (until now), I left it to its own destiny. It has grown to a diameter of five feet; and as you can guess, it has many generations of rhysomes (and only has a single bloom each year). Following your instructions, I had very good results in removing it from the soil, separating it, trimming the sections and parsing out the healthy ones. Couple of questions: Since I didn't expect so many divisions, I have far more new sections to plant than I alotted for and will be needing the time to prepare some new planting areas. (There must be at least fifty new plants!) It will take me a bit longer to prepare beds for them, and in anticipation for that delay, after cleaning the rhysomes and roots, I put them into two buckets of water, submerging the rhysomes and roots and keep the leavy bits above water. Is that what I should be doing; and if so, how long will they withstand that situation? As I cleaned the rhysomes, I noticed the largest (oldest) ones each had a series of pinholes in them, interesting enough those holes were in near perfect matrices. I've tossed those as I'm assuming they aren't in the best of health. Is my assumption correct? Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!!

[@lornamikkelson5690]

Rhizomes cant be in water. Hope someone got to you before this and hope they are growing nicely

[@andrewparkeruk]

Thank you for the video. Showing how to replant the prepared propagands would have been useful

[@oas1224]

Thanks a lot for this video My irises have not been flowering for 2 or 3 years, I am thinking of removing them from the garden, is it possible that it is because I have never divided them?

[@bethchattosplantsgardens7876]

yes it would be worth dividing them soon to encourage flowering next year.

[@commonsense955]

How much watering; when (across the season)???