How to Divide a Siberian Iris
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- Welcome to the notes from the field, The Garden Continuum's video blog. I'm Monique Allen and it is springtime and today I'm going to show you how to divide Siberian Iris. Watch this video to learn how.
Love when a six year old video is still helpful today! I have three bunches of Siberian Iris I got from a fellow gardener looking forward to seeing them come back to life next spring.
Thank you! I love that you actually get in the dirt…..
Hard work has never felt so good as when your gardening.
I love the bird singing to you in the background! Your video is very helpful.
Thanks for the video. My iris clump got disturbed by utility work and 2 years later new shoots started popping up all over my bed, but I'd never had them before - and I'm not a good gardener LOL - so this was helpful!
if you aren't a hort teacher; you should be! you're very good at communicating your knowledge and emphasizing what's important etc.
Aw, thank you!
Good job Monique
Thanks for this video! Would love to see your garden in full bloom, I bet it's wonderful!
Thanks, Jamie. You can see it! On my website, I have a few images and many of my training videos are filmed there. I should do a tour though, that would be fun! Thanks for the idea.
Thanks for creating this video. it was helpful!
I live in Wisconsin, and recently (in late August 2018) received a huge clump of Siberian iris from my neighbor who needed to divide his. I am not sure of the variety, but that' s okay with me. Your video is excellent, but I would have appreciated more up-close images of the roots and how, exactly, you handled teasing them out. Yes, it is a lot of work to divide these things.
For Siberian Irises, the roots are fibrous and clump-forming. You can grab two sides of a division and pull them apart - sometimes for young plants. For mature plants, you may have to use a shovel or even an axe to get them apart. You can be rough with Siberian Iris. Not the case with Germanic Iris which are tubers and need to be gently teased apart by hand.
I found this very informative. Thank you very much! I planted a single siberian iris in a pot. The flowers only lasted a few days. Should I replant in the ground?
The ground is always a better home for perennials. Irises have only one bloom season per year. Spring.
Like your technique. Do you hand weed this large garden Or do you use a pre emergence weed killer since I gather this garden is a perennial garden a pre emergence weed killer could work? Thanks
I had weed. We are 100% organic and ecologically managed. The plants grow very big and lean into one another. The weeds have a hard time competing with the cover.
Wow, Siberian iris are really different from bearded iris! They are much more fibrous than chonky. Interesting.
Yes, and while the flower is smaller, they will bloom prolifically when they have good space to grow. :)
This was very helpful but wondering if the dividing must be done in spring or can it be done now. If now any tips?
Thank you for this information. My question is: Should I waiting until spring to divide? I live in Anchorage Alaska - zone 3-4.
Janice, I've had the great pleasure of visiting Anchorage! What a fun place to garden with the long summer sun. You can divide in the early fall too, but I recommend (given the intensity of your winters) that you don't disturb the plant too close to winter. Rather, I recommend doing the dividing and transplanting when there is still a minimum of six solid weeks of favorable gardening weather. This will be when the roots are most actively growing. Make sure the plants are well hydrated before and after the move. Then, you may cover the newly positioned plants with evergreen boughs or denatured straw. Something to reduce heaving over the winter. Good luck and Garden On!
@@moniqueallen2934 thank you! Anchorage is a great place to grow amazing veggies and flowers. We have Peony farms that ship all over the world!
@@janicegilman7672 That's totally cool!
No new vedio?