We built a new house in 2016. The property had not had a house on it since 1969, but the land was full of iris and daffodils. The night before breaking ground June of 2016 we walked the property and dug up as many iris and daffodils as we could find. The iris went into two large ceramic plant pots and that's where they stayed until today. They have been healthy and a few even bloomed this year. They were seriously root bound in the pots but we got them out and separated them into their brand new planting bed. We bordered the bed with the daffodil bulbs which had been stored in a plastic storage box and covered with dirt. They rooted and grew in the box but didn't flower. I wish I had found your site before we planted. The rhizomes were covered with dirt in the ceramic pots because I didn't expect them to be in there a year and a half.. So we covered them with dirt in the bed. My main question is about trimming the leaves. In the opening part of this page it says not to trim the leaves, in in some of the answers here it seems like you are saying yes, trim the leaves.. I'm confused.. Do I trim them back or no?
We built a new house in 2016. The property had not had a house on it since 1969, but the land was full of iris and daffodils. The night before breaking ground June of 2016 we walked the property and dug up as many iris and daffodils as we could find. The iris went into two large ceramic plant pots and that's where they stayed until today. They have been healthy and a few even bloomed this year. They were seriously root bound in the pots but we got them out and separated them into their brand new planting bed. We bordered the bed with the daffodil bulbs which had been stored in a plastic storage box and covered with dirt. They rooted and grew in the box but didn't flower. I wish I had found your site before we planted. The rhizomes were covered with dirt in the ceramic pots because I didn't expect them to be in there a year and a half.. So we covered them with dirt in the bed. My main question is about trimming the leaves. In the opening part of this page it says not to trim the leaves, in in some of the answers here it seems like you are saying yes, trim the leaves.. I'm confused.. Do I trim them back or no?