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What is happeneing to the base of my irises?

redraif
13 years ago

I got them from my Aunt about 2 years ago. She said they are Yellow Louisiana Iris she got in Scotland. They bloomed well the past two seasons. This year they had a weaker bloom showing. They did not grow as tall and stout as in the past. They also have brown, seemingly dried leaf/fan remnants at their base that are coming higher and higher out of the ground. Not sure how to describe this, so my searching was not lending good results. Please see pics. They also don't look as good as my Aunts at her house. She said they like alot of water, so maybe mine did not get enough this year. They have plenty of seed pods though.

Are they just due to be divided? What do I do about this build up on the base w/o hurting the iris?

They are on the east side of the house and get morning to noon sun before its crests the top of the house. Its so odd what my iris have done this year. What is going on here?

thank you.

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