wow those are gorgeous! Are those xsmommy's? They are orchids right? I LOVE whatever they are. I have no green thumb and murder any plant that I attempt to grow.
There's nothing to growing irises. Easiest of easy. They are normally not bulbs.
The next photo is a different variety of iris, and they are bulbs. You just dig a hole -- depending on your winter will tell you the depth of the hole -- and plunk them down. They come up every single year.
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