What kind of clumps of iris do you want to trade for? What colors are you putting up to trade?

Yes, thank you Walter, that would be me:) I will attach a page that has the requirements for sending the guest iris, which I hope you will send some too Walter. Look forward to hearing from alot of you. Yvette ps please email me if you have any questions at all and I will try my best to have answers. Here is a link that might be useful: SFIS Website

I always soak my iris in a weak bleach solution for 15 minutes before planting, as Walter said in the article. It is not because they are dry, it is to have the bleach kill anything that may be on them, such as the start of rot. But if you missed that step before planting, I would not dig them up.

if it were me, I'd call or write to schriener's iris for some iris rhyzome booster food for next year, it couldn't hurt. you don't want it for now, because it wouldn't help thru the winter. by next spring you should see some new growth on your iris. as long as you have root, you have flowers. any idea why they were hidden in the attic so long? maybe your mom didn't like them but didn't want to get rid of them either. if they still don't grow by say july, then they are not going to, but it's worth a try. they have probably been waiting for some dirt to be in for years. hope they do well for you now.