Does anyone know anything about gardening?

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user67526

After a great year from my bearded Iris' last year (8 + flower stalks), only one this year. Wonder what's gone wrong?!? The ups and downs of gardening!

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A2theJ in reply to @user67526

You probably know this as you were able to get them to flower but... the rhizome needs to be exposed over the prior summer to stimulate flower growth the following year.
After lifting the rhizome last year, this year was my first year of flowers.

Were you over-zealous with the mulch last August?! Was something covering them?!

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user67526 in reply to @A2theJ

I've never mulched in the 6 years we've been here so that might be the problem.
I did dead head the flower stalks only last year so could be that. Could have been the Fox family that jumped on them or slugs. I'll see next year.

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