Cutting Back Hundreds Of Iris Sibirica

The SNSC Iris Border

The borders around the new Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre (SNSC) were planted last spring/summer, see blog entry 11th July 2017 'Soft Landscaping Around The Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre' and now that the perennials have faded it is time to cut them back.

The Withered, Brown Foliage Of Iris sibirica 'Persimmon'

 

The borders to the left of the two pools contain hundreds of iris, Iris sibirica 'Persimmon', which produce blue white eyed flowers on tall stems in the summer. The foliage has withered and turned an unappealing brown making the borders look rather messy beside the new building. Using secateurs the team cut the dead foliage to the ground, placing it into tonne bags for carriage to the leaf pits for composting.

Iris' To Be Cut Back

Cut Down And Mulched

Poolside Iris Border

The SNSC Border Awaiting Cut Back

Once the iris and the other perennial plants in the poolside borders had been cut back and the debris cleared, the weeds were dug out and a mulch applied to the soil. The next border to be cut back was to the right of the building also containing perennials and many iris too, a white variety, Iris sibirica 'White Swirl', which, in June-July, produce ivory-white flowers with yellow at the base of the fall, if you can picture an iris flower, the fall are the lower petals that fall down or flare out. As with the poolside borders, once cut back, cleared of debris and weeded, a mulch was applied.

The SNSC Border Cut Back