Will an Iris stay green after it's done blooming or does the foliage start to die after it's done?

It will usually die since flowers take large amounts of energy from the plant to sustain and develop

Will an Iris stay green after it's done blooming or does the foliage start to die after it's done?
Sometimes the flower itself will be alive but the tips of the greenery will begin to go brown. You can snip those bits off like florists do and the iris will still be thriving
Reply:The foliage will stay green all year. Some will die and turn brown at the end of summer.

Iris are perennials. They will come back every year and get thicker with more plants.

Once they are done blooming, just water the remaining foliage so the bulbs can save up energy for the winter.

In the spring, I will go in and pull out all the dead brown leaves, they will pull loose easily. Leave the green leaves alone.
Reply:Interesting that you ask. I love iris as you can see from the pic above my name.

My leaves stay green for most of the summer even after the blossoms are spent. They contribute to the garden greenery and eventually die back in the autumn. That's when I clean them up for winter and next spring's growth spurt.



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Reply:The foliage will stay green for a while but eventually turn brown. Don't pull it out or cut it down while it's green because those leaves are a source of energy that's stored in the bulb for its next blooming season.
Reply:Yes your foilage should stay green all year !
Reply:after the flower has done blooming cut off the stalk with the flower on it as far down as you can.

Then leave the leaves alone as they will continue to thrive and be green and draw nutrients and such to help feed the corm ( that "potato looking" part that lays on the ground.

This is what is going to allow the plant to give you a new flower show next year.



Iris's all probably need to be divided and refreshed every 4 or 5 years. Otherwise you will notice they seem to be "moving" sideways. Eventually the corm part gets used up and grows offshoots which make the new flowers.



If you don't like how they look then plant around them with either low growing perennials that will partially hide the leaves but still allow the sun to feed the plant or you can plant some annuals around them so you will have flowers in that area for the rest of the season.

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