I have no doubt they will! The advice I got on the packing & shipping thread was very helpful!

I ship a lot of daylilies. If it is early in the season and I am sending greenery, I wrap the rhizome/bulbs (I think they are really bulbs) in wet paper towel, wring it out so it isn't dripping, wrap in a plastic bag and use an elastic to hold the top around the stems, but leave most of the greenery outside of the bag. Then I take 2 sheets of full size news paper and roll the package in it with the leaves tucked into the newspaper "tube". I fold the newspaper in a "U" shape and stuff it in a Legal Size Flat Rate Envelope.

This time of year when I don't send the greenery, I use 3 newspaper pieces around the dry bulbs and stuff them in an envelope. I usually send 20 at a time, so they just fit.

You may need to add some packing tape if any of the envelope seams lift.

Mail Saturday thru Wednesday so they don't sit over the weekend. A package sent Thursday and a package sent Saturday, both arrive on Monday.

Then use Click'n'Ship at the USPS.com site. Pay for and print your label with postage. Use clear packing tape to affix the label. It is cheaper than paying at the Post Office. Also order the envelopes free at the same site. The P.O. doesn't usually have legal size in stock. Any of the free boxes and envelopes can be ordered and delivered to your home.

Newyorkrita said:They still are close together but I don't want to part with any to change the spacing. In that next section, I am not even digging. I was just slicing off rhizomes that were growing off in towards thier neighbors to make each clump smaller. Much easier than digging and the part of the clump that is left doesn't even have the roots disturbed.

I think this is a good idea! I have a large clump that I keep hacking out the ingrowers and heaping soil around the perimeter and the clump keeps growing larger. I did the dig and divide every clump, hang to dry, replant thing once or twice and never again! Curiously, I have dug clumps and left them under a bush, forgetting to replant. I replanted them the following spring and they did just fine!

Newyorkrita said:You know three years ago I planted my first TB Iris. Some from Zebra Gardens but most from Schreiners. Those things grew like weeds and never any problems. I thought all iris grew like that and were a cintch to grow. Then I bought from other places last year because I wanted ones Schreiners did not have. But I also brought from Schreiners again. Those Schreiners iris grew like weeds again while some from other sources did take off and others not so much. When I buy again I will be going back to Schreiners.

I didn't do any garden work today so still haven't started on Iris Corner.

I favor Schreiner's also, but Superstition Irises are excellent and huge also.

Newyorkrita said:Betty, I just usually leave my stalks pretty much the way you see them there on that replanted iris. I like to leave some stalk because then I can very easily see which is the old bloomed out mother rhizome.

I always cut my stalks or snap them off when they are done blooming. Otherwise rot tends to set in. It might have to do with how much rain you have.

The bloomed out stalks become a rotten slimy mess if I never cut them.

Rita,
I thought you meant that you never cut back the bloomstalks. Are you talking about the fans or leaves?

I cut the flower stalks as soon as they finish blooming. I do cut the leaves back upon occasion when I think they need it, usually in the fall.

yes, rot can follow the stalks into the plant.