Pink Bearded Iris
When you recieve your bearded iris rhizome, plant them at ground level with the top of the rhizome showing through the ground. Add some bone meal in the hole before planting. The leaves should be already cut dow to 4 – 6 inches. They take full sun, but can take some afternoon shade. Planting should be done from August through December for early spring blooms. They do like to be given a good slow release fertilizer, but it is not a requirement.
Water in well for the first two weeks and then reduce down the watering. Bearded iris do not like to sit in water.
Typically when you buy bearded iris at this time of year (in the spring), they will be in pots. To plant them from a pot, dig a hole the size of the pot and add some bone meal to the bottom of the hole. Place the bearded iris from the pot into the hole and backfill with garden soil to make sure that the roots are covered. Make sure that you can still see some of the rhizome on top. Remember that bearded iris do not like to be planted too deep. Water in well.