[Slip18]

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.

[honeygrl]

Irises! I got them confused with orchids, which I love. Or are they the same basic flower? I want some hanging plants on my back porch because we already have the hooks installed. It gets full sun half the day and only indirect sun half the day. Any suggestions on some bright pretty flowering plants that would work well and wouldn't be easy to murder? We get plenty of rain here lately and the temps rarely go above 90-95 this time of year. Soon the temps will lower into the 80's and then the 70's by late Oct I think. I'm sure I'd have to bring them inside by November though because it starts getting below 60 by then if I remember right. I'm in GA so it's hard to guess when fall will start and when it will get chilly.

[secret garden]

We are having real problems with irises here in MidTN this season. Spring was very wet and lots of them rotted. I'm trying to salvage a bunch of them but it may be a losing battle and time to shop the catalogues for some new varieties. It's our state flower.