I've never divided Irises before! I know next to nothing about Irises. About 9 years ago a 90 year old lady in our church had the most beautiful Iris bed I had ever seen next to her house! I admired it, and she asked if I would like some. I said yes. So when she divided her Iris bed she gave me some. Now, I expected six or eight Irises. Oh no! She gave me two garbage bags full of Irises! Bless her heart! She is such a sweet person. So, I took them and then tried to figure out what to do with them so they wouldn't die. I stuck them in the ground in the center island flower bed in the back yard. And, lo and behold, they grew and bloomed. I had beautiful huge white Irises, deep purple Irises, and lavender Irises. Again, knowing nothing about Irises I watched them come up year after year. But recently I began noticing fewer and fewer flower stalks. This year out of my whole bed I had only 8 purple slower stalks and two white ones. Knowing there had to be something wrong I began watching YouTube videos about Irises. And, I learned that they had to be divided about every 3 years. Wow! I've never divided mine. No wonder they were blooming less and less. So, this year I decided to do the dastardly deed! I dug them all up and divided them. Now I have to find places for them in my garden and replant them! I fixed the island flower bed and planted 18 of my newly divided plants - just like I learned on the YouTube videos. Just out of curiosity, I decided to count how many new Irises I had. Holy mackerel! I now have 100 plants to either get back into the ground or give away. But, hey, at least they didn't cost me anything extra. Looking forward to seeing which ones grow and bloom and what colors they will be.
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