How to Plant Iris Correctly for Long Term Success

[@htrfdes]

In all my years of gardening, I finally had blooming yellow irises because I watched this video before planting last year! Thank-you! :)

[@htrfdes]

& they smelled GREAT!

[@catherinemoravec1648]

That is truly heartwarming. I am so thrilled you had success! Some irises have such great fragrance. I had a variegated one bloom this week and the blooms smelled like a delicious grape soda.

[@pam6204]

Ah thank you for mentioning this! Now I will do this so I can have this toooooo.

[@Townie001]

You didn't say when

[@keeptrying5962]

I'm trying to correct past iris-planting mistakes (in zone 8a, USA) and I've watched appr. 15 other videos re: irises. THIS ONE is the most helpful, educational so far. Thank you so much, this video is very appreciated.

[@charlescoker7752]

I'm in Zone 8 a. Does it matter what month you replant?

[@keeptrying5962]

@@charlescoker7752 The sources I buy from online, usually begin shipping in July (suggesting we plant them July-September to let the roots get well-underway before colder weather). THAT SAID, I have planted at this time of the year in the past (and will again now). I've had some of those (Spring planted) bloom by the end of the season, others did not. The worst thing I had been doing was planting the rhizomes too low. I've had better luck since I stopped doing that.

[@Strawild]

I’m caring for my mothers (she passed) and this helped me so much.

[@japanhouserestaurant4918]

How many hours sun require for growth iris?

[@nhantai5081]

@@charlescoker7752 - spring time - early autumn

[@bichitramondal3176]

I am Bichitra and from Balurghat, West Bengal, India. In this Subtropical region I have succeeded in growing Bearded iris under shade cloth. They are healthy. Thanks.

[@bookdear]

I had a suspicion that the reason a few irises weren't blooming was because I planted them too deep, and your helpful video confirmed it. Thanks!

[@thomastadajewski2590]

I’m going to replant all my iris plants tomorrow. Thank you for answering all my concerns in one very informative video.

[@sassyboy8979]

My neighbor gave me some of her irises but I had no idea how to correctly plant them- until now. You were so informative, and the camera angle made it easy to see exactly how to do it. Thank you for this video!

[@olgatalroze8732]

This is the most helpful video on how to plant Iris of all that I watched, thank you for the most amazing informative 10 minutes

[@charlottegillespie6809]

This was terrific! Thorough and excellent advice. I live in central Ohio. A friend gifted me with dozens of iris rhizomes she had dug up in her yard.....I am sharing them with the 20+ members of my garden club .......and will include this fine video of yours in my email to the group. Thank you so much!

[@FatihaLahouel-n2h]

I am algerian old doctor. Thank you very very much for this video❤❤

[@marcellacoblentz8433]

Best iris video ever!

[@lindaahlgrim1331]

I have grown iris for years. I would have separated the two iris, cut off the mother rhizome & cut the leaves into a fan shape to keep them from falling over. The one on the left looks like it is two iris. You do keep the top of the rhizome on top of the soil, make a little mound to put the roots in the ground & I also trim the roots a bit.

[@Internetsboifriend]

Make a video.

[@sharongauss9298]

and no mulch

[@DavidSmith-vz9uu]

I was literally looking in the comments to see if anyone spotted the 3 mistakes I noticed in this video and sure enough I found this comment stating just what I noticed.👍

[@soaringsavage]

Thank you for the detailed tutorial. It's difficult to find videos that really dive into understanding WHY.

[@gaoyoude]

One of the clearest and most helpful gardening videos I’ve seen- thanks!

[@saronnpov2687]

Excellent video , thank you ! I planted mine last year as per your instruction and iris did well and bloomed 😁

[@월롱포에버영정원]

Thank you... from South Korea

[@moirahouse7034]

Wish there were a guide as good as this for other plants

[@ellaboobella8770]

My birds gifted me some, so now I’m learning how to care for them.

[@cwoodard4062]

Wow thank you,thank you, I planted my iris all wrong I never knew this . I will be watching your videos from now on.

[@julieskillings8315]

This was a very helpful video! I am getting irises from a friend, but have never planted them before. I now feel confident I can get them planted correctly. Thank you!!

[@catherinemoravec1648]

So glad it was helpful to you. Good luck with your new plants!

[@MarkRaymondLuce]

It is September 17, 2021, and I will be planting irises in the morning and I wanted a KZbin instruction video, and yours was the first result of my "how to plant iris bulbs" criteria and it will be the only one that I will need to look at. Your instructions are very simple, straightforward, informative, and very helpful! And because of your video I now know that what I had previouly referred to as bulbs are actually called rhizomes. I'm an American living in the eastern part of Austria right on the border with Slovakia and the climate here is pretty much the same as upstate New York where I am originally from, so right now is the perfect time for planting irises. I am now subscribed to you.

[@donnasantamaria8317]

Thank you Catherine for the best tutorial I have found and for including fan orientation.

[@susandavis5290]

I have seed pods growing can these be planted?

[@gregorystevens3683]

Thank you! My irises haven't bloomed in two years. So I will dig them up and follow your advice and try again.

[@pamelaspooner7183]

Iris need direct rays of the sun to bloom.

[@dskim24]

Surprisingly shallow depth! It looks like I could also just go by the start of the stalk/fan; so that maybe just a bit of white is _just_ starting to show before the dirt? BTW, Colorado, where I spent two summers in a music festival, is the most incredible place I have ever ever seen in terms of flowers and also wildflowers!

[@lilagood1963]

I always leave a good part of the rhizome showing. They love the sun. Never a problem

[@janinegarropy8187]

I’ve dug up iris bulbs and thrown them in the woods on either side of my yard. There are blooming iris in the woods on either side of my yard. You can’t kill them!

[@deborahgross1045]

That's what my mom says. She thinned hers one year and just threw some across the road at the edge of a cow field and sure enough they grew and flowered.

[@RodgerDodger196]

DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF IRIS YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE THOSD SPREADING YELLOW IRIS WITH THE ROOT SYSTEM ONLY SUPERMAN CAN GET THEOUGH! I would agree with you!! On the Bearded variety I would not I have to wait THREE YEARS FOR IT TO BLOOM THE FIRST TIME! And that’s in the sun!

[@RoxannSnyder]

I’m new to iris flowers …. This year I’m smitten & will get more! ❤

[@brucehamrick9651]

I just bartered for about 50 Iris plants. Hoping that they will be successful for my 1st time! Thank you for the great instructions. I surely would have made mistakes if I hadn't viewed this. Thank you!!!

[@Internetsboifriend]

When I see unique or different irises I don't have, I always want to ask the people if they want to trade for some of the different irises I grow.

[@amywoodward6037]

What a helpful video! I'm transplanting a little late in the season and have 0 iris experience but you've given them their best chance with your info! Thank you!

[@emmasteward6071]

Did they bloom?!

[@amywoodward6037]

@@emmasteward6071 no blooms this year, but the foliage is big and strong. I'm hopeful next year I'll have some flowers.

[@yossimeyer1887]

I was just given an iris plant from a coworker and I just learned so much from this video!

[@bluebowser3347]

I heard you had to keep the bearded iris rhizomes above the ground so I placed them on the soils surface fully exposed with their roots underground. They never flowered for me. I have no idea why misinformation like that even existed in the first place. I'm going to try planting mine like this in the future. Thank you!

[@julieclark9173]

Depends on where you live. I live in the south, zone 8, and mine are sitting on the soil, and bloom well. In fact, I was dividing my irises and the old ones that looked squishy and dead, I threw out in the woods behind my yard. Lo and behold, they rooted and came back the next year with nothing covering them at all.

[@bluebowser3347]

Update, my iris flowered for the first time in years. Loads of huge beautiful purple blooms!

[@junebarnes5470]

What a great teacher

[@stuartwild2081]

Catherine this is one of the best explanatory Videos I have ever seen. I have just ordered 3 Bare Rooted Iris Yellowtail so I needed to find out the secrets to a successful planting before they arrive as these are the first, I have ever purchased. You have explained everything perfectly, I live in the North West of England County of Lancashire and we get more than our fair share of Rain plus Winter Snow & Frost. Thank You Very Much it's really appreciated.

[@christineribone9351]

Thanks! I hadn't thought there was a method. There's so much more that needs to be addressed. 1. Should you break a rhizome apart to make them face in the same direction? 2 How far apart do you plant irises from each other? 3. . How many irises do you plant together to make an attractive cluster? 4. How do you know know when to divide them into a new grouping?? 5. How many years does it take for them to start blooming again after transplanting? If they don't bloom again what could be the cause? 6. Out of curiosity, where do the seeds come from? 7. Where does the flower emerge from?

[@PuppyBiteforTrump]

Christine Ribone; Answering your questions in order: 1. Which way you plant your rhizomes in the *long term* doesn’t make a difference. In the *short term* it does…..short term meaning straight away you would plant the fan leaves facing fanned out to the view you want to see them. (Like holding a set of playing cards that you are viewing fanned out and the rhizome would be your arm holding the cards in front) 2. Plant singly or in groups of 3 12”-24” apart depending on the iris’s rhizome size as their are various sizes and species. 3. Personally I think plant 3 groupings of 3 rhizomes planted 24 inches apart would look very nice if you have the space as they will fill in the area and should be divided every 3 to 5 years to keep reproducing and it’s also visually appealing to see a full area of irises than an area with bare spots…kinda starts to look like a dead area. 4) If your Irises have grown into a circle ⭕️ Pattern with a bare spot in the middle or an “s” pattern with bare spots - its time to divide as the rhizomes are overcrowding each other. If they haven’t been tended to they will start squeezing each other out and will stop producing flowers also they will have leaves. 5. Depending when you plant and your climate. I’m zone 8 and I get lots of rain, I also have 4 true seasons. If I plant early September the irises have time to settle into their new home and bloom in the spring. If planted early spring it is possible to get flowers, but most likely be the following spring. If your Iris isn’t blooming it could be several things: *planted to deep or to shallow. *they need well draining soil so they don’t rot or dry out. *over crowded. * not enough sun ☀️ meaning they need 6-8. They don’t like to be shaded out by other plants….plan a spot just for them. 6) Irises are planted from rhizomes not seed. 7) it grows a stem between the fan leaves which that stem will produce a flower. I noticed on my variety when 7 fan leaves are produced then I know it will flower….the inner leaves ( the middle of your fan are your newest leaves ….your stem and flower will come up from and your outside leaves are oldest they will naturally fade, turn a brownish color and you can pull those outer leaves off and toss for a tidier appearance.

[@christineribone9351]

@@PuppyBiteforTrump thank you, Tina, for your detailed answer. You do know quite a bit. Item #7 was especially interesting. 7 leaves then a flower stem! I'm in 7B. Hot, dry, full seasons. Irises love our desert weather. Thanks again! ❤ ❤

[@PuppyBiteforTrump]

@@christineribone9351 you welcome!

[@lasmaose-berzina5650]

Nice video! I planted my irises yesterday. Mine rhizomes was twice shortly, hopefully that's enough to get them grow. But that's how I get them from nursery. Thanks again for video

[@robertawestbrooks9531]

Iris was my very first plant given to me, and it has been my very favorite plant. ❤

[@viennagatewood3032]

Iris is one of my top five favorite flowers This was excellent not too complex step-by-step

[@mipueblo7042]

That's really helpful. I've learnt a lot about planting. Thank you.

[@catherinemoravec1648]

Very glad it was helpful to you. :)

[@wendyseddon6029]

Thanks for such a great and informative video. You taught me a lot.

[@judycook4314]

What a great, thorough tutorial. Thanks!

[@VeryMiley]

One of the best videos/teaching sources on planting irises. I planted my first irises earlier this spring using various websites but now realize a few things I did incorrectly. Thanks very much!

[@catherinemoravec1648]

I’m very glad to hear this. Thank you!

[@pamketron]

Exactly what I was looking for. A friend gave me some iris rhizomes and I needed to know how to plant them. Great video. Thank you!

[@mtngrammy6953]

By far the best video on planting iris I have seen!! Living in the mountains of Colorado myself, my mainstay garden flower, besides native wild flowers, is a large array of iris. The advantage to this is that I get a great variety of various colors that bloom profusely and none of the wild critters eat them! (Definitely a problem for us mountain folk.). Thank you for such a good, clear explanation of the correct way to plant them.

[@valward4360]

Thank you again Katherine. You are a WEALTH of great info on Irises!!

[@catherinemoravec1648]

Thank you so much for the kind words. I appreciate it!

[@Attikisses]

Thank you. One of the best video's I've watched....very helpful.

[@nicolemiller7022]

Awesome. I watched another person a couple years ago and she did it a bit differently. Your method will be way more successful. Although my common sense led me to plant the rhizome at a slight angle, so I am glad that was a smart idea. Thanks so much.

[@mikaelg5840]

Awesome video! Just purchased 3 potted iris today. Happy planting!!

[@amyf8231]

Thanks Catherine, I know how to plant iris, jet hey are my favorite ! Just watched for th joy🤩

[@robinduke3184]

Thank you so much for sharing. This was so helpful. 😊

[@Jean-ni6of]

Excellent demonstration. Thank you, I wouldn't have had any idea where to start. The iris is so beautiful I want to give it a go.

[@tessmonro7102]

Thank you, that was an excellent video; succinct and clear.

[@LVSpeedweLL]

Thank you! The Irises here at my new home need help and now I know what to do 💐

[@cynsmi]

Really informative!

[@roberthunter3387]

Catherine, what an excellent video. Precisely the information I needed. You are a wonderful teacher, with very helpful visuals. I’ll be back. Thanks!

[@mariezimri1290]

Thank you for all the detailed planting tips. I’m transplanting some this afternoon using them. Hopefully they’ll bloom next year here in USA Southaven, MS. 10/22/23

[@pamelah6431]

Did they bloom?

[@melissamybubbles6139]

Oh lovely, a Colorado person. I just got a bunch of irises from my mom's friend. I already have one that seems to have survived the strange late snowstorm.

[@nuvoflo]

I’ve a huge planting of irises that I’ve added to over the years, but stilllearned a lot from your video. Thanks!

[@sislertx]

This has been on my list of todos for 3 years now...thanks for reminding me..

[@katethegardener]

Best planting video for Iris. Thank you and now I know exactly why I am not getting a lot of blooms or none at all. I'm going to dig up all my Iris and replant them. I've been planting too deep and mulching on top of the rhizomes.

[@catherinemoravec1648]

Thank you for the kind comment. I'm glad this will give you a few ideas to try. I hope you get more blooms in the future.

[@andrewfradale275]

Thanks so much! What a great tutorial, easy to follow along. 😎

[@Maggie-Gardener-Maker]

Hello from my homestead in northwest Florida! Thank you for this video! It was chocked full of helpful information on Irises! The ones I put in last year didn't come back this spring so I just bought a new pot of Irises and this video will be so very helpful to the success of these irises this year I am certain of it!

[@juliaheinritz3264]

Excellent video!!

[@hiendsuit]

Hello: thank you for your very interesting and informative video. After listening to you, I realized that I planted my iris too deep; the rhizomes were fully covered in dirt and mulch. I replanted them immediately leaving a bit of the rhizome exposed. I am really looking forward to when it blooms, and I thank you again. I hope you have more planting videos to help amateur gardeners like myself.

[@catherinemoravec1648]

Very good to hear. Thanks for the comment! I hope you get a lot of flowers and have great success.

[@waltham1654]

Your video is very thorough and helpful. Thank you.

[@katrinacrouch]

Such a helpful video!! My irises aren’t doing well and it turns out it is because I planted them 100% wrong! Hahaha, I am so excited to replant and make them (and me) happy again

[@lindagarfield9415]

Thank you so much for explaining this method. I have lots of iris but never had any flower. I will go and dig them up and replant as suggested. Wish me luck and thanks again.🤞

[@jennysanfilippo2105]

Thanks for showing me how to plant my Iris. I didn't know that I can have some that bloom earlier, & later, making a loner time to see them in bloom. Now, I'm going to get some more Iris that bloom at different time intervals.

[@jpattoncook]

Drop dead georgeous. I do not mean the iris, the fence or the shovel. Stunning.

[@annabellelovely4967]

What is wrong with you?

[@susansackrison3139]

Hello fellow Coloradan. I love your video. Going to check my last fall plantings since I only had one flower this Spring.

[@ninamoler1880]

I have some unhappy irises overgrown by grass and plan to dig out and move them on our one reasonable day, temperature-wise, coming this weekend. Thank you so much and subscribed!

[@danat3032]

I used this advice and have beautiful iris blooming and ones of new colors - I didn’t even know my yard had.

[@carolinescholes3937]

Thank you so much for your information it is of great help to me.

[@jennholden-myers1631]

This was best video imo for irises

[@tammiclark4636]

Excellent video. Awesome job. Very knowledgeable.

[@arlene9342]

Thank you so much. Excellent video!

[@elisabethduinink2439]

You are lovely and I found this very informative 😊 Thank you very much

[@sandragann6772]

Very good information, I have planted wrong.Thank you for the tutorial!!!!!

[@marleneeisnor9719]

So glad I found your Chanel. Thank you for all this information. Have a great day

[@catherinemoravec1648]

Very glad it was helpful!

[@carriesnelling984]

Very informative. Thanks. I needed to know why only one was booming. Thanks again

[@catherinemoravec1648]

Glad it was helpful to you. I hope you have great success!

[@laurielshelley]

I’m pleased to see you don’t cut leaves … I don’t want stubs - I need coverage . Thanks 💐

[@carollaurence1953]

Great job explaining the process. Thank you.

[@marilynrollo6278]

Great video, you sure did a great job explaining all about these tricky plants to grow!!

[@lnystrom9044]

this was the best video i’ve seen on planting iris - one suggestion the light coming in between the fence boards was very distracting - at first i thought it was stripes of some sort - thanks again

[@marcellathrockmorton8908]

I just laid my iris on top of the ground and forgot about them...I have beautiful irises every year...I have never planted them in the ground..thank you for the info..

[@dutchgirl7947]

My purple and white Irises are planted in an old wheel Barrell and have not bloomed in 6 years. The risen are exposed a little and the leaves look very healthy, but I think they are just overcrowded. This was helpful in replanting them into the ground. Thank you very much.

[@oceansoul3694]

I LOVE this video! Thank you so much for all the wisdom you've shared. I live in eastern CO in zone 5a, and I have beautiful iris and a box full of rhizomes to plant tomorrow. I've learned a lot I didn't know...you're so generous with your knowledge and time, thank you!!

[@libertyann439]

Thank you for the easy to understand information..🎉

[@judyingram4846]

Awesome directions. Thank you for sharing.❤️🥰❤️

[@bronkasalvaged]

Thank you for the very detailed tutorial!

[@catherinemoravec1648]

Thanks, Catherine. Hope it's helpful to you.

[@ulaw2711]

I just love irises ❤ Thank you for amazing tutorial 🙂👍

[@michaelaleman2355]

Thanks for sharing as I have learned something new and need to check and possibly adjust my irises that have beautiful, lush green fan blades that are over 30" that have yet to produce a single bloom in Zone 9B.

[@alisontaylor2746]

Thank you so much, I put a bunch in the ground today , too deep. Tomorrow I’ll go re-do them correctly. Blessings and best regards.

[@texanleons]

Great info-thank you.

[@remysimon6819]

Thank you. Excellent presentation

[@paularodriguez3201]

I was told not to mulch around iris. So thank you for showing us how to mulch properly. Much appreciated!!

[@catherinemoravec1648]

So glad you found it helpful. Wishing you great success!

[@greenleavesofsummer9673]

I heard every several years as the rid ones come out of dirt, they need replanted deeper and covered w new diet.

[@charlenegriffis5900]

Thank you for excellent video on Irises. I learned a lot. I planted some near hot tub couple years ago and had no idea what I was doing. They're luckily doing fine. My grandson loves them and wants to take some back to FLA with him. I'll share your video with his Mom..have a blessed week. 💯❤️👍

[@catherinemoravec1648]

Thank you so much! That's so wonderful to share them through the generations. I love to hear about this. :)

[@gogos869]

Thank you! This is very helpful! I had no idea! I saw these unusual plants a few weeks ago on my other property which was purchased maybe a year ago. I knew they were something special so I dug up a few and brought them home. The ones I dug up don't have the large rhizome that yours has. I will go back and try to find the original. There are quite a few of them!

[@MariaMartinez-ki7jm]

Thank you you really helped me

[@carenallen5841]

Very informative video. It helped a whole lot with understanding the concept of these plants.

[@qweeknee4208]

Thank you for solving the Iris Mystery!

[@helenesiedlarz2434]

Thank you, this video answered everything I needed to know omgoodness ty ty and ty

[@catherinemoravec1648]

Very glad it works as helpful!

[@scharliem]

Our irises Grow in water on the edge of the pond, and in water containers and doing very well