Claire,

Absolutely do not cut the leaves!! This means that the bulb is starting to grow roots and the leaves feed the roots for many months so as to insure the health of the bulb and to hopefully produce flowers for next season.

If you wish to make the plant look a little neater you can trim down the spent stalks once the flowers have finished blooming (although some people think they should be left to die naturally so that any energy left in the stalks goes back into the bulb) but leave a few inches of the stalk so you can pull it out once it has mostly died.

Most people enjoy a bulb that produces leaves along with the flower stalks, it just makes the plant look nicer. You are lucky to have a third flower stalk and blooming with leaves should be a treat for you!

Continue to let the leaves grow through the summer until fall and then check back to find out what to do at that time.

Good luck and enjoy your third flower stalk.

Donnaâºâº

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This post was edited by dondeldux on Fri, Dec 12, 14 at 9:13

Definitely a good sign for that bulb. Good growth is a good sign for more blooms next year!
K