How Do You Remove A Dead Iris Flower?
Removing the flowers from a plant is known as deadheading. Deadheading a plant improves its appearance while preventing the plant from developing seed pods and prolonging the growing season. For a plant such as the iris, which may produce several flowers on a single stalk, deadheading will encourage root development and help the plant’s tuber to store more energy for next year’s flowers. Put on protective clothing and gardening gloves. The faded flowers of some varieties of iris can stain fabric, which makes wearing protective clothing a must. Remove faded flowers back to the joint where another flower or bud is attached to the stalk. When all flowers on the stalk have bloomed, cut the stalk back to the fan of leaves. Discard old blooms by throwing them into a trash can.
