What is your growing zone? Here in NC we got down below 10 degrees (I think 9 was the lowest). I was surprise that so many plants actually made it through the winter. The two newest we just planted in mid to late August. My mom had a few irises. They are so graceful and pretty.
We’ve always been zone 5, up until a couple of years ago when the new USDA climate zones came out and moved us to zone 6.
I guess that’s the result of believing in Globull Warming. Immediately we began having weather worse than usual. I guess Mother Nature had a statement to make. LOL