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Yet another Iris question
Hi! My irises stayed green last fall when we moved here, but after a summer of
100 degree weather, this fall they're brown and ugly. Can I cut them back to ground level without killing them? Nancy in SW Idaho |
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Yet another Iris question
Hi Nancy,
From my experiences with Iris, nothing you can do will kill them I've even dug up some intending to transplant, then forgot about them for several months. Lo and behold, they planted themselves back in the ground and bloomed just like they always have Angie "Nanceemo" wrote in message ... Hi! My irises stayed green last fall when we moved here, but after a summer of 100 degree weather, this fall they're brown and ugly. Can I cut them back to ground level without killing them? Nancy in SW Idaho |
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Yet another Iris question
I would check the rhizome, I've had some die this summer, and they had not grown
new roots and the plant died, even bloomed last spring. If they have not died, I would cut the fans back some but not all the way, as whatever is green is still making food for next spring. I'm in the High Mojave Desert and we've had 60+ days of 100+ -- "In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening 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/ Freelance Writers Shop http://www.freelancewrittersshop.netfirms.com Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord "Nanceemo" wrote in message ... Hi! My irises stayed green last fall when we moved here, but after a summer of 100 degree weather, this fall they're brown and ugly. Can I cut them back to ground level without killing them? Nancy in SW Idaho --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/03 |
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