Thank you Kayrn. That iris is really odd. The center is strange. I have never seen an iris like it. All the iris that have come up in that area are different there were three others I did not get a chance to take a pic of. Maybe she was a iris collector. I get up in the morning and tell my daughter I am going into the jungle to search for treasures. LOL She says if I am not back for lunch she will come looking for me. There were times she did come looking for me. I really have to dig for the treasures and I have the cuts and bug bites to prove I have been in the jungle.

Since I can't find any tips or suggestions saying "Cut back for a second bloom", I'm guessing it doesn't happen. One site did say something like, "Once your Muhly Grass has lost its pink color, you can trim them back for a cleaner look." If they were inclined to bloom again, I would think the article would have mentioned it. But I think I will leave the seeds where they are, billowy white works just as well as billowy pink. And I wouldn't mind seeing if any birds take interest as the season progresses and foods become more and more scarce.

AS is the only quick way to get blue hydrangeas. Garden sulfur is the next best option, but it will take months to acidify the soil. I find very little luck with coffee grounds and other home remedies. AS is not that bad, just a few watchouts and that;s it...water the plant before the AS application...if the soil is dry, never ever drench it directly with AS solution...less is more for AS...never use more than one TABLEspoon per gallon of water...and one gallon of AS solution is enough for a hydrangea in a 3-5 gallon pot..or a 2-3 yr old Hydrangea..have the soil moist, make up the As solution - 1 tablespoon per gallon - drench the plant with the solution...never allow the solution to touch any leaves (or it will burn them)..wait for 24 hours, then drench the plant again with water...repeat this application once more two weeks later...and two applications are enough to make pink ES blooms blue...with AS, really, less is more...if somehow your soil is very clayish, loamy or alkaline...apply a weak AS solution weekly (after you notice the blooms are pink, and not blue even after the two AS applications earlier)...the weak AS solution is 1 TEAspoon of AS per gallon of water, drench the same way...this weak AS solution is 1/3rd the strength of the original one and will fine tune the soil acidity for you while keeping you from killing your plants...as for cuts, I already cut my May/June ES blooms, cut the stem with only one or two set of leaves on it..above where you see some healthy buds...my cut ESs are already setting up new flower buds and ready for the second bloom sometime in Aug..I notice the cut plants tend to do better with more bud settings than the uncut ones...ES is an ok rebloomer, blushing Bride is a lot stronger performer, of course the color of the blooms for BB is very different from ES... good luck.

You are doing everything right! All plants are happy to get a bit of fertilizer, organic or otherwise. In my (only in pots)experience, some do get a second flush of smaller leaves after the first eyes unfurl, and some just put up those initial leaves, then flower and don't make any more new leaves. On some, I might get a few smaller eyes emerge, but no bigger leaves. BUT I am getting roots growing out of the bottoms of some pots so I know they aren't just sitting there. -Babka