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The tips of my Iris are turning brown, I am in zone 7. Is it too early to
cut them back? I would like to get a head start on thinning out the bed.

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Laura in Virginia

"Laura Gilbert" wrote in message
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The tips of my Iris are turning brown, I am in zone 7. Is it too early to
cut them back? I would like to get a head start on thinning out the bed.

--
Laura in Virginia

Has it been six weeks since they bloomed? You should wait that long before
you cut them back to give them an opportunity store energy. At that point
many people cut the tops back to a fan shape to make the beds look neater
and remove the brown tips, but it really isn't necessary.

John

I broke the rules and cut my irises back to about 9 to 12 inches right after
they bloomed. Had to do this to make room for the daylilies that were
getting ready to start.

Bobby


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"Laura Gilbert" wrote in message
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The tips of my Iris are turning brown, I am in zone 7. Is it too early to
cut them back? I would like to get a head start on thinning out the bed.

--
Laura in Virginia

DON'T cut them back!!! The fans are making food for next years flowers, I cut
the brown tips off mine and leave them alone and I live in the High Mojave
Desert.



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towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the Stars were still young and the light of morning lingered: and
along the path he once had followed, Man would one day go again.

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"Laura Gilbert" wrote in message
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The tips of my Iris are turning brown, I am in zone 7. Is it too early to
cut them back? I would like to get a head start on thinning out the bed.

--
Laura in Virginia




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Thanks, I guess I will just trimthe brown off and start weeding the bed.
Thanks for your responses!

Laura in Virginia

"Starlord" wrote in message
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DON'T cut them back!!! The fans are making food for next years flowers, I
cut
the brown tips off mine and leave them alone and I live in the High Mojave
Desert.



--
In This Universe The Night was Falling,The Shadows were lenghtening
towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the Stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and
along the path he once had followed, Man would one day go again.

Arthur C. Clarke "The City & The Stars"

SIAR
www.starlords.org

Bishop's Car Fund
http://www.bishopcarfund.Netfirms.com/

"Laura Gilbert" wrote in message
news:2d6La.26031$ZE.7644@lakeread05...
The tips of my Iris are turning brown, I am in zone 7. Is it too early
to
cut them back? I would like to get a head start on thinning out the
bed.

--
Laura in Virginia




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