Marcia, I had the same problem with mine until I moved it to where it got morning and early afternoon sun, but was shielded by the harshest afternoon sun. Still, they bloom like mad here planted in parking lots, so who knows? How are you fertilizing yours? I think they pretty much thrive on neglect, if I am to judge by the ones in the Kohl's parking lot that must live on what Mother Nature gives them.

The ones I had in North Port were originally planted in the hedgerow where they did nothing. Once I moved them to the east side of the house, they went mad clumping and blooming. I think the difference was that in their new location, they were regularly fertilized and watered.

I have a few seedlings growing now from seeds I got from the plants at Kohl's, and the ones in places where they are regularly watered and fertilized are doing much better than the ones that aren't.

I dug up my African iris a couple of days ago because it stopped flowering. It just wasn't making me happy so out it came. The clump was about five feet across and in a very prominent spot with an eastern exposure. I fertilized it just a couple times a year. It was quite a task to dig up since it was in the ground about 15 years and the roots were real tough.

Linda Leaf

I had the African iris with the white/blue flowers and it didn't do squat so I yanked it, Some years later I got a cultivar with produces white/orange center flowers and it does very well. It is planted on the south side and gets hit by sprinkler. don't know if it is the new location or that cultivar is better performer.

@ Linda Leaf, wow that was an undertaking!

Wow, Linda! That must have been quite a job! The guys who bought mine when I left had a hard time digging it up and it was only about 2 feet across! They have tenacious roots, which is why I want to dig up my babies this winter and put them where they will live forever.

Bossy, that's the one I had and have, but I've always wanted the one with yellow flowers. They don't seem as easy to grow from offsets, though. I've tried a couple of times with some from a friend in Venice.

Thank you for the feedback. The iris is in a bed with our lamp post which needs repainted, so I will
probably dig the iris whenever DH gets in the mood to paint.

My clump is about two feet across, too, and I suspect there is a fire ants' nest near it--there was in the spring when I planted something on the other side of them.

Marcia

I personally think that heat keeps mine from blooming. 98% of blooming has been done in spring after a warm winter. Later, whether watered & fertilized or not, they keep on "keeping on" (bloomless) and producing offspring.