This is why some clumps change back to white or blue, says Bill. Well-known iris hybridizers usually donate some new irises to the auction. On Saturday, tour local gardens to see hundreds of irises, many rebloomers, in the gardens of JaNiece Mull, Bill Smoot and more. William is a professor at Hampden-Sydney in Virginia, and has been raising iris since 1956. To register, call Bill Trotter, 393-4617 by April 24.
Roots grow down from bottom of rhizome.
Increases grow to become large blooming plants. Stalk growing from center of a mature fan, usually bearing several blooms. Stalk may have several branches. Bud-protecting small leaflets attached to the stalk. After three to four years, an old clump should be dug up and divided.