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How to divide bearded irises

A step by step guide to planting these purple pretties Photos by Edward Pond

**2.** Wash the soil off the roots and rhizomes (the hard underground stems). Cut the rhizomes into chunks (called divisions), each with a fan of leaves and some roots. Discard any mushy rhizomes.
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