She will always be the first

Good for you Scottish! you are very patient...I'm impressed!

i have no patient at all but if i did i would been rewarded just as you have....
thank you for blog i found it very useful...i do hope they continue to multiply for you..

Seems if we used more grit it would be a good idea too.
Never know what summer 2014 will bring for all plant life.
Thank you Scottish for your interesting blog.

i am also impressed seems dedication is the word i would be a bulb in your garden and hope for the kiss of life and a big smacker to boot ochaye xxx steve

Thank you for this as it explains why mine have never reflowered as they were put out in the garden first year I had them.

Well done you, well impressed as I have little success with them here.
Seems we need to be prepared to change with nature I find I am using far more sand and grit than ever before.

I've foliage poking through but no sign of the flowers yet. they are looking good and strong though.

I love the delicate colour of them too.

I love this little iris and luckily don't have any problem growing it in the garden probably because my soil is very stony and well drained. Mine are in bud now but the first to actually flower is Iris 'George'.

Well done to you Scottish for your perseverance, they are definitely worth all your efforts.

Its very pretty and hope it continues to reward you for a long time, they always say patience is a virtue Scottish and yours is paying off.....

Well done Scottish, great when things like that pay off!! no sign of ours they are in alpine sinks, which thank goodness have been covered up since October.........wonderful plants.

(Mouldy, carefully, writes 'Perseverence' in his notebook).
Goan yersel, Scottish! :-)

Great bog Scottish. That is what I like about this site - everybody is pleased with our successes and quick to offer advice when we struggle. I have nominated this for goypedia (A-Z) under irises. It is handy to look in there to see how gardeners progress as they learn from one another.

That's wonderful about the little bulbs. I would have kept them as well. It's nice to give things a chance.
Now I'll have to mix some grit with mine. They always die on me.

Hear, Hear, Scotsgran!

Hi Angie ..
so nice to see Katharine :o)))

Well done indeed! I dug my irises up and dried them off for the summer as they die left in the garden. Planted them in a pot and they are all coming up. Might try planiting them out on grit as it worked for you!

Thanks for all the likes and comments.
I'm interested Steragram - did your Iris survive being dried off? I'm assuming you replanted them in autumn of course.
I'd recommend anyone to give this ago - even with a couple of bulbs as an experiment. This method has even worked for me in the ground (not in the same wet spot as before though) - the plants are a few weeks behind and a way off flowering yet but they've come back.

so sweet :-))

Yes they did Scottish I left them in a dish in the dry until the autumn and planted them in a tub and now they are a picture again! But they are only reticulata so probably more tolerant than yours.

I've just done a wee blog on my KH. I wonder if mine survived because of the dry summer. They are looking well now. I still have them in the original pots but will plant them soon. I've taken note of your growing practise thank you Scottish.