Does anyone know if this is true with other reticulata section irises? I have two I planted out last fall on a rocky outcropping (I. r. 'Clairette' and I. r. 'Pauline'), blooming now but they may not be the full 5-6" deep you recommend. Iris reticulata has not been perennial for me in the past, I thought it was too much summer moisture but maybe now I know why! -joe On Feb 25, 2018 7:14 AM, "Dan Fetty" <dan.fetty@tegraglobal.com> wrote: Here is the popular Katherine Hodgekin, blooming today. The iris was named for the wife of Elliot Hodgkin, an English bulb enthusiast. Plant the bulbs DEEP. Shallow planting makes the bulbs "Rice out." They will break up into literally dozens of tiny bulblets about the size of a grain of wheat, that are difficult to collect and raise to blooming size. Deep planting, 5-6 inches, and they will divide into larger blooming size daughter bulbs, as seen here. DAN FETTY SHIPPING & RECEIVING Office: +1-757-853-1703, 228 Cell: +1-757-435-7457 1125 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk, VA 23502 "Save the Earth" [1490800941162_image001.jpg] tegraglobal.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-1490800941.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4133 bytes Desc: Outlook-1490800941.jpg URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… 20180223/0ef7429f/attachment.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: KatherineHodgkin.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4593071 bytes Desc: KatherineHodgkin.jpg URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… 20180223/0ef7429f/attachment-0001.jpg> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…