DUTCH IRIS: START TO FINISH // Planting Dutch Iris in the Fall Garden

hello everyone welcome back to the Garden this is going to be kind of a quick one it's very simple um this is going to be going over how I just went about planting my Dutch irises last year I had a huge stand of them I think they looked really really nice I think a lot of smaller bulbs like these Dutch irises do tend to get overlooked sometimes in favor of larger kind of more flashy and expensive ones however when these are planted in maass they can be absolutely gorgeous so getting started the first thing I do of course I had to work up a bed um I you this since this is you know a new Garden I work to a depth of about one to 2 feet just so the soil is nice and fluffy you can see this gigantic tiller was just yanking me all over the place getting all of these beds worked in the New Garden has been a major undertaking and honestly I'm struggling but we'll just keep on going this year I planted uh 500 bulbs in total or I should say last year because this occurred last fall here's what the bulbs look like they do range in size somewhat but generally they're mostly small you have that root plate at the bottom and the pointy end of course which you want that to point up pointy end up always a good roll of thumb you can check your package guidelines for spacing information but as you can see I like to pack mine nice and close and dense so we get that full floral display that just really vibrant in your face pop of color in the springtime just uh labeled each one of these this was kind of a trial of sorts if you're interested in the full tour of the Dutch irises there is a video for that tons of labels I think there was over 20 varieties in all and they all had different Bloom times so of course doing the like this can stagger Bloom time as well and extend the overall beauty of the bed when I arranged these bulbs into the bed there it wasn't you know meticulous they can lay on their side a little bit these things want to grow so they will naturally for the most part or Orient themselves upward unless something really crazy has happened I probably planted these to a depth of maybe 2 to 3 in they were relatively shallow fortunately I didn't have any problems with squirrels or anything like that but it could be an issue so you might need to lay some mesh or wire across these beds if you uh do have problems with different Critters getting into your bed added a little bit of compost into the beds as well at planting but I think these for the most part I think these are true bulbs don't quote me on that so it wasn't really necessary in Spring these things popped up before I could even notice like I would have got them emerging from the soil for you guys to see but they were just up like here I am I am ready to grow um they were pretty much Greening up from you know late winter and uh once they get going they do start to produce flowers relatively early in the season once they start to think about Bloom you'll see a definite change in color they turn to more of a a silver y tone which is very pretty and uh you'll start to see these kind of blades thicken before they set to flow which is another cool aspect of it I always like watching the progress of each stage of flower development and development of the different plants because they're all so unique and interesting in their own ways um the color palette of these is somewhat limited but you can get some kind of purples and pinks in there most of these are just really lovely shades of blue and yellow I definitely can't complain there they are an amazing cut flow I think they often get overlooked for use as a cut flow these will just you know sit in a vase for a very long time especially if you pick them early before they have unfurled completely uh you can you know store them that way as well really just easy to stick in a cooler or an old refrigerator and sa for a while and use over the course of um you know several weeks in the early spring season I think they would look really nice really elegant a different flower form and different color palette than a lot of people are used to in early spring I know that this video is not going to get very many views but I hope it was helpful in some way to everybody I know I get frustrated I feel like I've been doing this for such a long time and um sometimes it feels like it's a little bit in vain I if I'm just being honest but I love it so I'm just going to keep doing it and I hope I hope it's helpful to at least one person out there that's all I can ask for so thank you for your kindness and for watching and your patience as I make these videos and just understanding and support more than anything thank you for your support it really means the world to me and without you it genuinely wouldn't be possible so thank you that's it I hope the weather is gorgeous wherever you are you totally deserve it I hope you're having an awesome day and I'll talk to youall later bye