How to Remove a Dead Iris Flower
Removing the flowers from a plant is known as deadheading. Deadheading a plant improves its appearance while preventing the plant from developing seed pods and prolonging the growing season. For a plant such as the iris, which may produce several flowers on a single stalk, deadheading will encourage root development and help the plant's tuber to store more energy for next year's flowers. Does this Spark an idea?
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Put on protective clothing and gardening gloves. The faded flowers of some varieties of iris can stain fabric, which makes wearing protective clothing a must.
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Remove faded flowers back to the joint where another flower or bud is attached to the stalk.
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When all flowers on the stalk have bloomed, cut the stalk back to the fan of leaves.
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Discard old blooms by throwing them into a trash can.
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