I want to share my own bulb rescue story... or rhizome in this case. http://flickr.com/photos/gastils_garden/… This blue bearded iris used to grow in a front yard along my walk to the bus stop. For years I admired it each spring and wished I had the nerve to snag just one offshoot to take home. I never met the home owners or I would have asked. Then one day there was a big dumpster and a crew of workers scraping the ground bare! I asked if I might pull some plants out of their piles. They said no, probably liability concerns. I was heartbroken. On the way home from the bus stop that evening, the dumpster was still there, full. I thought the iris would be buried under yards of sod but when I looked in, there they were, neatly stacked in a corner right on top. Im certain one of the workers must have overheard my request and secretly stashed them there for me. That was years ago. Since then these have multiplied and bloomed magnificently every spring in my back yard. - Gastil in Santa Barbara