Hello BK, thoughts of spring helping your recovery? I bet you can't wait to get to your last frost date in your area, mine in Memphis is around Apr 11. I'm a retired Rehab Nurse so I can imagine what you have been going thru. Wonderful to have had help in getting your plants onto the sun porch, just in time! Would you want any specific info on your irises I invite you to go over to the iris forum and join us because I think you would enjoy that bunch as well as these mid-south garderners.
I grow some old bearded, not as old as yours but the DYKES medal winners mostly. Last year I had to downsize and ended up with only 4 plants in pots on my patio. I have not had a blooming season for them yet, so growing in pots is new to me too. Since my soil is heavy clay I put them in leaf mold and peat based potting soil. Don't forget the bone meal! Remember that iris are grown in test gardens all around the country, find a Ga Master Gardener in your area or possibly on your street to get info on which are doing good for them. That's how I got started and it turned into a passion.
These do well in clay.
The large yellow and purple are plants taken from my grandparents yards and are replant wherever I go, so I know they are hybrids of at least 80yrs ago and still are vigorous.
Then my fav is Queens Circle, does well overall but not this nice until after it's first year after transplant.
This was plant digging day, I had no choice but to give 90% of my iris away! but my neighbors were happy. BTW you should wait till new growth has matured and roots growing before digging, but I was having to move then.
I believe I see a large cane begonia in the sun porch, that is beautiful!
Bert
