Friday, 9 January 2026

Bearded Iris - winter tidy-up

 

 

Technically, this is part of Autumn Slaughter, with which you are now all familiar: but I had a question specifically about Bearded Iris, asking how I pruned them in preparation for winter, and luckily I did some just last week, so here's a quick run-through of my process.

Back in May, this bed of Bearded Iris was in full flower:


 

...and yes, there is one purple one in amongst the blue ones!

By mid June, the flowers were all over:...

 

 

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