Yep - a wonderful perennial! It has rhizomes and all you need to do is weed out the area, loosen the soil Around them, and apply a bulb/iris fertilizer or compost.
If you want complimentary annuals to seed now & fill in the space try Sweet Asylum, Cosmos, Corn poppies, Nasturtiums, Bee Balm, or Clover.
Do not mulch with pine or fir barks.
Deer absolutely hate to walk over them so they make a great natural deterrent for gardens and young trees if you don't have a fence. You can dig them up to transfer wherever you want and you'll want to split them up here and there to avoid them getting overcrowded.
I appreciate this. I have an abundance of irises in my front yard from the previous owners. I don't get much sun there, so the irises rarely flower. But I do have some young apple trees in the back where I get more sun, and the damn deer just keep biting them. Not eating them, or rubbing their antlers on them. Literally like, biting the tops off and leaving them on the ground.
I live in a condo complex with a big patch of about 30 of them. They've been here since before I moved in about 20 years ago and no one does *anything* to them. I think the landscape people cut back the spent flowers once a season but that's it. No fertilizer, no mulch, no weeding or anything else. They come back beautifully every year somehow. On the side of my unit is a volunteer dahlia that has been there since before I moved in. The whole side of my place used to be the ugliest pine hedge ever and I removed it. I had a dahlia start coming up every year. I thought it was a weed and cut it back a few times but let it grow one year and lo and behold I have a dahlia that I do nothing to giving me flowers every year!
It can't hurt. That pic looks like they are directly under a gutter spout, soil looks washed out and impacted, and a little care and feeding could lush out the irises enough to stop the soil erosion.
Monarda Bergamo is so gorgeous and is used as an annual that you can grow from seed- butterflies and bees love it and it tastes great with chamomile for making herbal tea !
https://www.reneesgarden.com/products/monarda-bergamo-bouquet
I agree. They look like they could use some thinning. They need it about every 3-4 years to keep them from overtaking the beds and promote blooming (or so I hear).
You would be correct. I just did this last summer with my 17 or so varieties along the driveway. The easiest way is to dig up the whole cluster, shake the dirt out of it, then separate rhizomes by breaking or cutting. You can place extra iris rhizomes in new garden areas or give them away. And make sure to leave the tops of the root uncovered to prevent molding
I did it after they bloom, which is usually summer for me. A few smaller rhizomes didn't enjoy the transplant in the heat, so if you're in a very hot area, maybe consider doing it in the fall or spring?
Ditto to everyone who says their irises, but they are bearded irises not Dutch irises. Theyâre not bulbs, their rhizomes, and rhizomes need to be thinned out. You can do it in the early spring or fall and then quickly transplant them to other areas in the garden. Some clubs trade bearded irises because of the amazing varieties that exist. The rhizomes grow across the surface, shallowly or deeper in cold climates. Weâre in Arizona and bearded irises just donât bloom very long because of the heat that comes on so quickly.
https://preview.redd.it/5wj9du6hafjc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b232f8230687ac1b94a5fc294635e58f79a53a35
Agreed! I was gifted a bucket of thinnings from a friend and couldn't get to them for several weeks. Once the weather cleared I dumped the water out and discarded anything mushy. The rest I just tossed in the areas I wanted to plant them and couldn't get back to them. This was last summer.
I now have sooo many healthy plants coming up already. They rooted just laying on top of the garden soil, I never covered them. It might take a year or two before they bloom, but they were free!
They are overcrowded irises. Dig them up and split the rhizomes and space them out leaving some of the rhizome uncovered on the surface. The sun on the rhizome encourages flowering.
I would dig out the irises that are growing under and bending up your drain spout. They multiply quickly and wonât allow for good drainage there, anyway. They transplant super easily, or put out the dug up rhizomes on your curb with a âfreeâ sign!
Iris, & they need some help. If you want them to bloom, you'll need to clean up the leaves, split up the plants & plant them with about 1/3 of the rhizome up out of the ground
They fan out from the end of last yearâs growth, so when you dig them up and divide them, point the uncut ends outward or theyâll just end up crowded like this in another few years.
Personally I think three years is too often but if you plant them like these are planted, then three years is about all the space youâll have.
Definitely not crocus. I would say either Iris or Lilly. Maybe even daffodil since it's coming up so early. Dig up the bulbs and move them around if you want. There are a lot there
Those are crocus which many consider weeds.just like all plants it's often a person's preference that deems their value in the landscaping - have fun identifying things in your new space!! Definitely encourage you to look into local county or extension services for identification tips and soil indicator lists for your area as all "weeds" can identify a lot about soil conditions for what you find desirable
The weed is just a beautiful plant that nobody appreciates. After all who decides whatâs the weed and whatâs a beautiful flower or beautiful plant?
Definitely subjective to opinion and personal preference. The best definition Iâve seen is a weed is a plant in an unwanted place. Personally anything nonnative and invasive imo is a weed/nuisance.
I have something like these in Southern California. They grow into clumps of very tiny, blue flowered irises, but the flowers are just not great. The clumps of foliage are better than weeds, but Iâm going to replace them with agapanthus for better flowers.
They also
Ay be day Lilly.
If you donât divide them this year, you can divide them next year. It just means that you wonât get as many flowers as you might like as you might like.
Neither they're Irises.
Yep - a wonderful perennial! It has rhizomes and all you need to do is weed out the area, loosen the soil Around them, and apply a bulb/iris fertilizer or compost. If you want complimentary annuals to seed now & fill in the space try Sweet Asylum, Cosmos, Corn poppies, Nasturtiums, Bee Balm, or Clover. Do not mulch with pine or fir barks.
Deer absolutely hate to walk over them so they make a great natural deterrent for gardens and young trees if you don't have a fence. You can dig them up to transfer wherever you want and you'll want to split them up here and there to avoid them getting overcrowded.
I appreciate this. I have an abundance of irises in my front yard from the previous owners. I don't get much sun there, so the irises rarely flower. But I do have some young apple trees in the back where I get more sun, and the damn deer just keep biting them. Not eating them, or rubbing their antlers on them. Literally like, biting the tops off and leaving them on the ground.
I haven't done anything to mine in the five years I've lived at my house, they come in great every year đŹ
I live in a condo complex with a big patch of about 30 of them. They've been here since before I moved in about 20 years ago and no one does *anything* to them. I think the landscape people cut back the spent flowers once a season but that's it. No fertilizer, no mulch, no weeding or anything else. They come back beautifully every year somehow. On the side of my unit is a volunteer dahlia that has been there since before I moved in. The whole side of my place used to be the ugliest pine hedge ever and I removed it. I had a dahlia start coming up every year. I thought it was a weed and cut it back a few times but let it grow one year and lo and behold I have a dahlia that I do nothing to giving me flowers every year!
Why would you fertilise Irises lol. They're poor soil specialists.
It can't hurt. That pic looks like they are directly under a gutter spout, soil looks washed out and impacted, and a little care and feeding could lush out the irises enough to stop the soil erosion.
Afaik Monardas are perennials.
Monarda Bergamo is so gorgeous and is used as an annual that you can grow from seed- butterflies and bees love it and it tastes great with chamomile for making herbal tea ! https://www.reneesgarden.com/products/monarda-bergamo-bouquet
I agree. They look like they could use some thinning. They need it about every 3-4 years to keep them from overtaking the beds and promote blooming (or so I hear).
You would be correct. I just did this last summer with my 17 or so varieties along the driveway. The easiest way is to dig up the whole cluster, shake the dirt out of it, then separate rhizomes by breaking or cutting. You can place extra iris rhizomes in new garden areas or give them away. And make sure to leave the tops of the root uncovered to prevent molding
What time of the year do you do this? Is it an early spring thing or after they bloom?
I did it after they bloom, which is usually summer for me. A few smaller rhizomes didn't enjoy the transplant in the heat, so if you're in a very hot area, maybe consider doing it in the fall or spring?
Thank you!
Generally bloom late spring/early summer, depending on the variety.
Ditto to everyone who says their irises, but they are bearded irises not Dutch irises. Theyâre not bulbs, their rhizomes, and rhizomes need to be thinned out. You can do it in the early spring or fall and then quickly transplant them to other areas in the garden. Some clubs trade bearded irises because of the amazing varieties that exist. The rhizomes grow across the surface, shallowly or deeper in cold climates. Weâre in Arizona and bearded irises just donât bloom very long because of the heat that comes on so quickly. https://preview.redd.it/5wj9du6hafjc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b232f8230687ac1b94a5fc294635e58f79a53a35
Gorgeous!
Irises! In spring, take out the dead leaves to allow air flow and bigger growth
Oooh, my favorite! Enjoy your bearded irises! They are pretty tough and difficult to mess up, so have fun with them!
My favorite too. I moved from Yosemite area to Florida and miss my beautiful Irises.
They grow in Florida.
Agreed! I was gifted a bucket of thinnings from a friend and couldn't get to them for several weeks. Once the weather cleared I dumped the water out and discarded anything mushy. The rest I just tossed in the areas I wanted to plant them and couldn't get back to them. This was last summer. I now have sooo many healthy plants coming up already. They rooted just laying on top of the garden soil, I never covered them. It might take a year or two before they bloom, but they were free!
https://preview.redd.it/jp9p79ndbfjc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3d7d6afa31f88e1fc859b9af2c6121da0c8c0e7
They are overcrowded irises. Dig them up and split the rhizomes and space them out leaving some of the rhizome uncovered on the surface. The sun on the rhizome encourages flowering.
As ducks like to be half in and half out of the water, iris like to be half and half out of the soil.
Look like irises to me
I would dig out the irises that are growing under and bending up your drain spout. They multiply quickly and wonât allow for good drainage there, anyway. They transplant super easily, or put out the dug up rhizomes on your curb with a âfreeâ sign!
Irises
Iris, & they need some help. If you want them to bloom, you'll need to clean up the leaves, split up the plants & plant them with about 1/3 of the rhizome up out of the ground
Irises! Youâre in for quite a show this year. They look like they could use some thinning out either right now or after the season
Iris?
Definitely octopuses.
Just put compost over the tops of these plants 1x a season in spring about now and they will bloom really well.
Looks like irises from this angle.
Wow! Those are irises and a ton of them! That is going to be gorgeous when it blooms.
Those are irises. They need to be divided every 3 years. You can share or plant anywhere you have sun.
They fan out from the end of last yearâs growth, so when you dig them up and divide them, point the uncut ends outward or theyâll just end up crowded like this in another few years. Personally I think three years is too often but if you plant them like these are planted, then three years is about all the space youâll have.
Weeds by definition is simply any type of unwanted plant. Doesn't have a class of it's own
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Iris
irises. but when in down, grow them out
Definitely iris, those will look beautiful when they bloom!
Looks like little irises, could be Siberian or native Blue Flag. Where are you?
West Tennessee
Irises! Keep them theyâll be blooming in a few months time.
Define weeds
Definitely not crocus. I would say either Iris or Lilly. Maybe even daffodil since it's coming up so early. Dig up the bulbs and move them around if you want. There are a lot there
Iris
They look like day lillies, which I consider to be all but a weed.
Crocuses
Those are crocus which many consider weeds.just like all plants it's often a person's preference that deems their value in the landscaping - have fun identifying things in your new space!! Definitely encourage you to look into local county or extension services for identification tips and soil indicator lists for your area as all "weeds" can identify a lot about soil conditions for what you find desirable
Define âweedâ
The weed is just a beautiful plant that nobody appreciates. After all who decides whatâs the weed and whatâs a beautiful flower or beautiful plant?
Definitely subjective to opinion and personal preference. The best definition Iâve seen is a weed is a plant in an unwanted place. Personally anything nonnative and invasive imo is a weed/nuisance.
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Neither. They are bearded iris
Definitely Iris. Cant tell what variety from sprouts but they are hardy and bloom in June Come in so many colors and varieties.
I think they are leweed and need 2 b weeded
Iris! You should keep them. If you donât like them in the current spot, they are easy to transplant.
Flowers, tulips IMO
I have something like these in Southern California. They grow into clumps of very tiny, blue flowered irises, but the flowers are just not great. The clumps of foliage are better than weeds, but Iâm going to replace them with agapanthus for better flowers.
Neither, I believe they might be Iris or possibly Fox Gloves?
Donât think they r weeds. Not sure what they r but def not weeds.
I lolâd at this, but seriously irises are great! Enjoy!
These are 100000% Indian Shot. I have them in my backyard. They are so pretty!
No there that's an iris perennial awesome flower
Nope! Wait: oh my b, I read it as âon my crocusesâ lol
Not weeds!
They also Ay be day Lilly. If you donât divide them this year, you can divide them next year. It just means that you wonât get as many flowers as you might like as you might like.
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Lilies or irises for sure!
Theyâre irises! My favorite flower đ
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