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Old 01-07-2008, 06:58 PM
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Can anyone tell me what to do with irises once they have finished flowering? Should I be cutting the big seeds off down to the ground & what about the leaves.
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What sort of Irises are they pmc?
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Flag irises are usually divided when they get too congested. The transplanted flags are usually cropped at an angle 3 or 4 inches above ground to stop windrock and allow the new roots to form!
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dunno, i just dug mine up and chucked them in the compost ...... too annoying with all that wilty stuff.
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they`re flag irises.
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After flowering I chop them back by half remove all the dead leaves and then they regrow new leaves at an alarming rate. If you want to propergate them do as Snadger suggests.
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