LA Black Gamecock planting

11 years ago

My wife was nice enough to order for me the Black Gamecock variety of Iris. She had ordered these months ago but they just arrived yesterday in the mail. We are just heading into fall here in northern NJ and Im wondering if I should put these away until the spring or should I put them in the ground now. Im not sure if they would survive the winter having not been given the chance to establish themselves.
The planting time on the printed instructions states that they should be planted in Spring. Is it best to put these down in my basement until the Spring? Im open to potting them and keeping indoors.
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iris_gal
11 years ago
I hope someone in your zone shares knowledge on this.

According to this article (from Sioux Falls) it is the tail end of recommended planting time. Some interesting info regarding fertilizer in short growng season climates.

I would pot and basement them to be on the safe side.

Here is a link that might be useful: cold winter Louisana info
iris_gal
11 years ago
Hope to see gorgeoous pics of 'Black Gamecock'.
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dbobul
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11 years ago
I hope so to Iris__gal. What I picked up from that article is to pretty much not put them out this late in the season. I am going to try and pot them and basement them. Hopefully I will get a first year bloom. Only time will tell.

Still hoping for someone in zone 6 to help me out. Im a novice when it comes to this.
mad_gallica (z5 Eastern NY)
11 years ago
Personally, I'd plant them.

There are two Louisiana that are famous (infamous?) for surviving quite nicely here. Black Gamecock is one of them. D. K. Williamson is the other, and it is all over my garden. In some ways it is a very strange plant. It does not make a nice clump, like a Siberian, but comes up in isolated fragments often a couple of feet away.