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JanvoJanvo Posts: 20
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Hello! When my bearded iris bloom is over do I cut the bloom off or leave it? Tia 

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,130
    I cut them off along with the stem as it saves energy for the rhizomes and foliage for a better display next year.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • JanvoJanvo Posts: 20
    That's great thank you very much, it's the first time they've bloomed so I wasn't sure! 😀
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,130
    Apart form anything else, they look better without a tatty ex flower head.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • JanvoJanvo Posts: 20
    True!
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 10,269
    I snap each flower off when it goes over, saves putting energy into seed making.
    Seems to be a very good year for them. I'm guessing last year's never-ending summer gave the rhizomes a good baking. I've got a large clump of White City just coming into flower - looks great
    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • JanvoJanvo Posts: 20
    They sound gorgeous! Mine are purple, they were actually a freebie from GW magazine!
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