Other Years

Variegated Iris

2013
May 25: I moved the 2 clumps in the raised bed closer to the pond. One clump seemed to have multiple tubers, but the other seemed to consist of just 1 tuber and a few roots.
June 23: The large clump is flowering nicely and has sent up new shoots. The other moved clump and the original one are holding steady.
September 23: All doing well. One clump grew larger and the others look healthy.
 
2012
September 15: Doing well. I watered it frequently. It is crowded by the golden glow, but I moved two bits into the raised bed.
 

2011
May 28: Growing well, but getting crowded by the goldenglow.
 
2009
May 10: I bought a plant at the Assiniboine Park garden sale.
May 22: I planted it.
July 4: Coming along fine.
 

Purple Flowered Iris

2012
September 15: None this year. Eliminated by the raised flower bed and pond.
 
2011
January 1: No information yet.
 
2010
April 24: One large shoot has come through the mulch.
June 17: There were a few flowers, finishing up now.
July 2: Doing well.
 
2010
May 8: I cleared away the mulch and found many shoots as well as many pale dandelions. I pulled away the dandelions.
 
2009
May 12: Not doing well. Only a few small shoots.
 
2008
April 16: Shoots are up today.
May 26: Purple is visible in the flower buds today.
29: Flowering.
 
2007
April 24: Shoots are just up all over their bed.
May 18: Flowering nicely.
 
2006
April 11:  A few blades are showing just above ground level.
August 1: Doing ok.
 
2005
May 29:  One flower, the first.
 
2004
June 23:  They put on a modest display.
 
2003
April 22:  There are small shoots.
May 24:  First flower.
 
2002
April 21: Some shoots.
June 3: The buds opened today.

2001
May 1: Up and doing well.
May 18: First flower.

2000
April 22: Shoots are up now.
May 25: 2 flowers. That's about there will be. Moving it last year has substantially reduced the number of flowers.
October 4: Mowed down.

1999
April 19: Shoots are visible in the garden today. The roots are protruding from the ground in several places.
May 15: First flowers.
27: I tossed a little superphosphate on it.
June 30: Flourishing.
August 3: Dying down with brown tips.
31: Brown.
September 1: I pulled up the few green leaves, and sprayed the area without glyophosate to kill the quack grass.
18: I dug the east end of the bed, removed the tubers, and installed edging. I separated some of the tubers and planted them in the west end of the bed, which I had previously dug and enriched with compost.
24: I gave some of the roots to General Byng School.

1998
~April 20: I sprayed Round-up just before the new growth appeared, to kill the quack grass, which had already sprouted.
May 2: In leaf.
~May 21: I gave it superphosphate and KCl.
June 1: There were very few flowers this year. The quack grass is gone.

1997
June 1: Buds appearing. Some quack grass among it.
4: In flower.
October: Too much quack grass.

1996
May 4: Sprouting well.
June 3: First flower.
15: Not a very good show this year.
October: Too much quack grass.

1995
May 9: Doing well. I scattered some bone meal there today.
June 1: Cut some flowers.
 
1994
April 20: Visible.
May 25: One in flower.
 

Green Flowered Iris

Green Flowered Iris
2012
September 15: None this year. Eliminated by the raised flower bed and pond.
 
2011
April 17: Shoots in what I believe is its spot, although I am not sure because of the new garden bed.
June 1: It has produced a few flowers.
 
2010
April 17: A few shoots are showing through the mulch, and have been visible for 3 weeks.
 
2009
May 12: Doing alright.
 
2008
April 13: New growth is up.
29: Flowering.
 
2007
April 11: Some shoots are up.
May 18: Flowering nicely.
 
2006
April 4:  A few blades are showing just above ground level.
August 1: Doing ok.
 
2005
May 29:  One flower, the first.
September 9:  I cut off all green stems and sprayed the weeds that remained, mostly quackgrass, with Round Up.
 
2004
June 23:  They put on a modest display.
 
2003
March 26:  They are just poking through today!
May 19:  First flowers, just a few.
 
2002
April 13: New growth is visible today.
June 4: The buds opened today.

2001
May 1: Up and doing well.
May 18: First flowers.

2000
April 22: Shoots are up now.
May 24: Many flowers today.

1999
March 22: Small shoots of the green-flowered iris are visible in the garden today.
May 20: First flowers.
27: I tossed a little superphosphate on it.
June 30: Flourishing.
July 13: I moved the clump to a new location, from off the new path to inside the north perennial bed.
August 3: Surviving. A little small, but still green.
August 31: Dying down with brown tips.
September 30: Still green. I look forward to another good show next year.

1998
May 2: In leaf.
June 1: There were very few flowers this year. The quack grass is gone.

Small Flowered Iris

Small Flowered Iris, 2000

2012
Jan 1: No information yet.
 
2011
January 1: No information yet.
 
2010
January 1: No information yet.
 
2009
May 12: Doing fine, but my intention is still to get rid of it and plant another cedar in its bed.
July 4: In flower.
8: I sprayed it with glyphosate.
August 3: The glyphosate seemed to have no effect as it is still doing fine.
August 4: I sprayed it again with glyphosate.
13: A few stems had turned yellow. I mowed it down and sprinkled the area with coffee grounds, to encourage worms. I covered the area with newspaper or cardboard then grass clippings.
 
2008
April 15: Some shoots are visible today.
June 26: Two flowers.
 
2007
April 24: No sign of them yet.
May 1: Growing fine on both sides of a cedar.
June 24: A few flowers.
 
2006
April 11:  A few shoots are up.
August 1: Doing ok. They will probably do better now that the lilac is gone and some of the lower branches from the large spruce too.
 
2005
May 9:  Up but a little sparse.
June 22:  A few flowers.
 
2004
July 4:  2 flowers.
 
2003
April 22:  There are new shoots.
May 19:  Many stalks.
June 24:  There are 3 flowers. They are finishing up.
 
2002
May 28:  Doing about as well as usual.

2001
May 1: Up, with small shoots.
June 27: There were a few flowers.

2000
April 30: Shoots are up.
June 24: In flower.
October 4: Mowed down.

1999
April 19: Shoots are visible in the garden today.
June 30: Flourishing leaves, but no sign of flowers.
August 3: Leaves still growing. No flowers.
31: The same.

1998
May 2: In leaf.
June 1: Sparse stems and no flowers.

1997
June 4: Doing fine.
22: In flower.

1996
May 4: Sprouting.
June 23: In flower.

1995
May 9: Doing well. I scattered some bone meal on them today.
June 15: A few flowers.
 
1994
April 20: Visible.