(Shooter actually pulled up part of this bulb, held it up and says, "Honey, what the heck is this thing?!?!?" I gasped and said, "Put down the iris bulb honey...I don't want to have to hurt you, but I will.")
We, as in Shooter, went to Lowe's and bought eight 40lb bags of top soil to fill in the bed. It was such a mess. We realized that one of our downspouts was eroding most of the dirt from the bed. So, we have an extender for the spout and a newly filled bed. Hopefully the bulbs are all nice and happy and cozy in their new bed of fresh dirt. I can't wait for them to bloom so that I can get good pics of them this year.
I was honestly very afraid at the thought of splitting up these happy families...but because they were so close to the surface, I'm pretty sure they'll not be as hard as I thought to get up/out/split as I had feared.
I'm so glad that Spring is here...kinda...well I say it's here...so it is. :-)
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Looks like you guys did a ton of work. The thing about Iris's's's's is that at least a portion of the root should be exposed for them to bloom. Maybe when the topsoil has a chance settle, they'll be ok.
What the heck was that thing? Some kind of snake??? eeew, glad you survived! It was a beautiful day here, too bad I had to spend it at a 1 year old birthday party on a SUNDAY!!!!!!
those bulbs look kinda creepy....like a worm gone wrong
Cripes, at first glance I thought you were overrun by some kind of mutant snake, and I was going to suggest you perhaps move away rather than take photos!
I bet you'll have a beautiful flower garden when spring springs!
Good work on the flower bed. I thought we were in spring too, but now it's going to freeze tonight.
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