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I could never get rid of any of my iris Some have been with me since I was 13 and others have moved from house to house with me. From Jersey to Virginia and now to RI.. Some I also saved from the run down house next to me and much to my supprise they have been Antques they are my first and will always have a home with me
Personally I've never gotten rid of any, but hope to this year. I have some from when I first started that they were cleaning out from the school. These were from the 80s maybe, and I just don't care for them. I will probably keep one of each. And yes, I will post pics to see if anyone wants any of them.
LOL yea a few I really want to add white and some bi-colors Most of mine are solids
Maybe I can give a few if yours a 'New" home..I promise to keep them
The only ones I delete are those that "die out"(only been 2 in all our years of growing). When we thin clumps, we give to friends, neighbors, and family( that include my Cubit family!)....Arlyn
Name: Paul Smith Pleasant Grove Utah Grandchildren are my greatest joy.
I'm "out with the old".......I don't have unlimited space and like a few newer ones each year so some that do not please have to go bye-bye. Some I just discard. Others may go to our UIS plant sale but I don;t feel good taking something I do not want to grow myself to sell to some one else. Give a few to friends.
Thanks Polly.. I just Love iris. They remind me of younger & family days .. My Bobshe ( grandmother) grew a bunch
of iris and hydreangea. And so do I ..Everytime I see iris I think of her Our New adventure in RI will
be our last move and first 'Home" and I plan on filling our yard with iris
I've never done much culling in the past, but I'm beginning to. Last year, for the first time, I gritted my teeth and removed several varieties that I didn't particularly love. I gave them to people who did -- which makes two people happy. There are several more out there that are slated for re-homing this year. I can see this as a trend for awhile as I go through varieties that I didn't initially select -- but which were given to me by people who, maybe, didn't love them either.
Every day is a second chance. Every day is precious time.
Name: Dee Stewart Willamette Valley OR Snowpeak Iris
In my personal garden I have one my granddaughter planted when she was 7, and one from when I first started really growing iris in OR which was about 95.
Commercially I cull for many reasons, either the did not grow well, did not sell well, or I could not figure out why I had it in the first place.
It seems that after about 10 years some of the ones that never sold people want, but if I had kept all of the iris I have grown since 97 I would need about 10 or more just for the iris.
If no one around me wants the iris, the churches, the senior center, the school or the roadways, they end up in the compost pile.
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This year I will cull my seedlings more as want to get just the ones that I might intro or the ones I want to use.
My lack of space has forced some self control 😬, but I've got a Pinterest Iris Wish List board which is practically TORTURE to look at!!! 😖 So I'll be thining out some of my least favorites (bonus mainly) especially ones with a limited bloom season. The other thing I wondered about is whether to allow them to clump or only keep a couple of each so I can have MORE varieties? (greedy?? 😻 needy?? 😿Heehee). What do those of you with limited space do in regards to this?
Out with the old and in with the new. I wish I could do this. In the back of my garden I have a few spots that I move any iris that I dig up to make room for my new ones. Most of them aren't marked, just don't have the heart to let them die. Now I have 4 spots with unmarked irises growing.
I have just started to cull as well. If I had more space, I would not have to do so for a few years. I would love to let them "clump" as well, but this too has more or less stopped because I plant them so close to each other to squeezing them all in.
I now find I need to be more wise when it comes to acquisition; thus my "Theme"(s).
And this is funny, but I love dividing. And then I end up with 20, and it drives me nuts. I would rather divide than plant. And no, Dee, I'm not coming to Oregon.
I have finally begun to discard some that I don't think perform well, or that I don't like as well as new ones that I want. Space isn't a problem, but I do have some limits on how much time I can spend weeding and such, so I have to have some limits. Now just sticking to those limits will be what I have to focus on.
Some have been with me since I was 13 and others have moved from house to house with me. From Jersey to Virginia and now to RI.. Some I also saved from the run down house next to me and much to my supprise they have been Antques they are my first and will always have a home with me 
