Thanks hosta but I don't need to divide them yet but they're by the front door with dying leaves. I just want to tidy them up without compromising next year's flowers
Just the normal end of season thing. It'll sprout again next year. New shoots coming up already. I normally trim the old leaves back in the autumn but wondered if I was doing the right thing.
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you can lift and divide them now B3. I'm sure if you google something like " splitting bearded iris" you'd find something helpful there.
why are the leaves dying?
I've always trimmed them down into the 'fan shape' at this time of year to prevent wind-rock over the winter.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm quite relaxed about the whole " end of season, looking shabby" thing. I'd leave them alone.
I like my plants like me, a bit frayed around the edges, or just plain shabby!
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
ditto
leave well alone B3 and stop frettin'