Pelvis Popcan wrote:

Figured I'd include both flowers instead of making two separate
threads. I'm a second year gardener, so I've got newbie questions...

I planted Iris in my zone 5 bedding from Schreiner's during the first
week of July. It's reblooming Iris, and the purple ones have actually
sent up bloom stalks and bloomed, not two months after they were
planted (!!)

I'm new to Iris. I can see they send up stalks separate from the
leaves. I'm assuming that after the blooms have faded, the whole stalk
should be cut off down to the base, to get it out of sight.

Am I correct? Please tell me if I'm wrong!!

You can deadhead; but, you don't have to do so. If you do, just
cut the bloom stalk off where it emerges from the leaves.

Now to the daylilies... they also send up stems with their blooms
separate from the leaves. Should I also be doing the same with the
daylilies in cutting the whole stem off after the blooms have fallen
off? I noticed that after the blooms fall off, many of the stems have
a green fleshy pod on the ends that kind of looks like a small pickle.
It's hard. Here's a pic of one:

That's a seed pod. You can cut them off, or leave them on, as
you choose. If you've got a mixed bed of daylilies, the seed
might have some interesting crosses in it. It's a good, cheap
way to expand a daylily bed . . . just scatter the seed where you
want the new plants. Most of it won't grow, but enough will.

Chris Owens


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