Unfortunately, some of these African iris did not survive the renovation of the site, which involved replacement of the pavement to the right of the picture. It would have been helpful to know about the renovation prior to installation of the African iris.
African iris are happily rehomed.
African iris, Dietes bicolor, that I mentioned three weeks ago were finally installed into a new landscape. It may not be permanent. They may need to be relocated again if they happened to land where two of four birch will be installed as the landscape is slowly assembled before winter ends. The installation was done hastily before the last storm delivered a good dose of rain.
It could not be delayed any longer. These African iris had been divided and groomed so long before they were featured on the fourteenth of December that they were likely to succumb to rot or desiccation if installation was delayed any longer. They soaked in buckets of water for days at a time, and were then left to drain for days at a time so that they would not soak for too long.
I do not remember…
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Tony Tomeo 