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Pruning yellow flag iris?

hiacedrifterhiacedrifter Posts: 119
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I have a yellow flag iris which I am trying to keep alive in a temporary bog garden until my pond is ready. It has a few brown leaves on it ... is this normal? Do I need to pull off/prune old leaves? Pics to follow shortly!
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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    It's normal. You don't need to do anything to them, they can take care of themselves. Rather too well - if it is a small pond you will have to split and discard regularly! You can remove the leaves if you wish for aesthetic reasons, but they will die back in autumn anyway.
  • hiacedrifterhiacedrifter Posts: 119
    Great, thank you. The pond will be about 15 sqm, but I will keep an eye on the iris, as I don't want it to take over.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Having had it take over a pond, I would advise keeping it in a pond basket.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    My big pond is something like 300sqm and I still have to keep an eye on it!
  • hiacedrifterhiacedrifter Posts: 119
    Buttercupdays said:
    My big pond is something like 300sqm and I still have to keep an eye on it!
    Wowzers.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I have a 0.8 acre lake and I have to get in every year and pull out tons of the stuff
    Devon.
  • hiacedrifterhiacedrifter Posts: 119
    I might ditch the flag iris! :)
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Mine escaped from it's pond basket. It got very heavy to pull out.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • hiacedrifterhiacedrifter Posts: 119
    edited September 2022
    Hostafan1 said:
    I have a 0.8 acre lake and I have to get in every year and pull out tons of the stuff
    Double wowzers
  • hiacedrifterhiacedrifter Posts: 119
    edited September 2022
    Busy-Lizzie said:
    Mine escaped from it's pond basket. It got very heavy to pull out.
    Ok the flag iris is staying in it's cage (a submerged tub or something, but away from the pond). It will NOT be allowed in the pond!
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