For the past few years my daylilies and iris have not bloomed- help!

Carol S.
by Carol S.
  5 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Apr 19, 2017

    Can you explain a little more of what happened? Perps the bulbs are no longer there do to the good old voles and squirrels

  • William William on Apr 20, 2017

    If you got greenery but no flowers it may be time to dig them up and separate the tubers.

  • Rozmund Rozmund on Apr 20, 2017

    There is a borer that moves into an iris corm and eats it to death..I had this problem myself, when I bought a gorgeous species iris and planted it as is..what I should have done was kept it in the pot until it was time to cut it back...then remove the soil from the corms, examine for borer holes..if any cut away from the corm until you find the borer..this will not hurt the iris..soak the corms overnight in distilled water, any remaining corms will drown...dry off each corm in the sun or wind....replant ..... if replanting in the same spot...remove the soil for at least 6 inches, replace with good organic soil...in a hill formation..replant the corms on the hill, making sure some of the corm is exposed to the weather..they may require a bit of light staking until they produce new roots which rather hug the hill - the heel of the corm should be planted towards the outside of your planting area so that when the new growth appears in the spring...there will be plenty of air circulation in the middle of your group planting..good luck...ALSO, here is a biggie..if you want breath taking blooms, in the spring, as soon as life appears, sprinkle with alph alpha rabbit food...this is live food...and iris roots love it..in fact everything loves it..but I only use for iris...if all of this seems confusing..I am sure there is a u tube on it...


  • Paula Marie Hyde Paula Marie Hyde on Apr 21, 2017

    Also, if you're getting greenery, but no flowers, they might not be getting enough sun. If they used to bloom, but now they're not, look around...maybe trees have grown, and branches are casting too much shade?

  • Terry Zier Terry Zier on Apr 22, 2017

    Wait to fall, then dig up your plants. You will see that they really need separating. Its not a scary task really. All I use is a hack saw a just saw off a clump of plant and then plant the clump and then hack saw the big clump so I have another clump and plant, repeat until the clump is gone. I have to divide my daylillies and Iris about every 5 years.