You don't cut them back. You let them die back naturally. Next years flowers
depend upon the energy produced by the leaves and stored in the bulbs this
year. If the foliage becomes untidy, you can tie it up but don't remove it.
The bulbs will adjust themselves to the proper depth all by themselves.


Charles "Stretch" Ledford wrote in
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Greetings, all...

How long after the blooms have faded should I wait to sut back the
leaves/stalks of daffodils, irises, etc? We have a bunch of them, and
they looked great when they were blooming, but it looks like a jungle
now.

Also... they're all leaning down toward the ground, rather than shooting
straight up. When they first came up, they were straight, but now
they're bowing down. I've been out of town for a while, but my wife
thinks they started drooping during several days of heavy wind and rain,
and that that's the reason. I wonder if I didn't plant the bulbs deep
enough last fall.

Any advice would be appreciated.