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Iris blooms are never opened

16 years ago

I have a few purple bearded Irises. They have never really done well bloom-wise. From reading the info here, I see several reasons for that. However, 2 plants did throw-up some buds. They looked like they were doing well until a few days ago, when they started to yellow. Now one bloom is all mushing and the other one is looking like it is headed the same way. What could be causing this?

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daylilyluver
16 years ago
Did you get nipped by those cold temperatures a week or 2 back? The frost/freeze may have nipped the buds causing them to freeze and now they are thawing and are mush and won't develop.
citysides
Original Author
16 years ago
Yes we did Daylily, so it could totally be that. I forgot about that. Thank you.
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