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Hi,I live in Osceola,IN & i just got day lily"s & purple iris that need to be planted in my yard.How long can they stay out of soil.Thank-you
It being Summer, the high season of gardening, these plants cannot stand to be out of the soil another hour. Get them into pots and water generously. There's a lot of recovering left to do here.
You don't need anything fancy. Just get yourself an old black plastic disposable pot -- the kind they use to pot up shrubs for sale -- and fill it with dirt, then plant your flowers. Water and give sun.
If nothing else, you must get these in the ground before the first hard freeze.
Thanks for writing.
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