I'm in the process of cleaning up an overgrown area in my yard where I had many named irises that I have dug out. They've been out there 15-16 yrs so I have since lost and forgotten all but one name ,American Classic. I have no place I want to plant them out so if you'd like them I'd be happy to send them to you for postage. Some rhizomes are a fair size,others are just nubbins and in need of TLC.I hate to just toss them if someone can use them. Peggy

I am new to this I have a water canna and a pickelrish excuse the spelling on that. But how would you ship an aquatic plant?

I'm in Austin, TX and purchased three Black Gamecock Irises from Lilypons last year about this time I believe. They seem to be growing well. I have the bottoms of the pot about two inches into the water (of my pond) and about two inches of the pot out of the water. The ends of the leaves fade to a yellow. And I've had two blooms just now from one plant. The others have never bloomed. They need to be split apart I think. I have many leaves and stocks now coming out of each pot. But I'm wondering about suggestions. Should I (20/20 hindsight) have split them up sooner in the season? Should I wait until winter to split them up? And, how can I encourage them to bloom more? Last year I fed them a tab each month. This year I have not started that back up yet.

Thanks for responding, Catherine. I did buy from a reputable dealer, locally. For clarification, it's done this for the past 5-7 years, but the last few seasons I was diligent about tagging the ones with the pinkish blooms and removing them in the fall. The dark, velvety purple blooms (that are certainly Black Gamecock) don't appear until late May. I almost feel like it's reverting back to it's parentage or something. I'm not skilled enough to know what might be happening.