Irises: Can Iris Be Mulched?, 0 by LadibugZ9

LadibugZ9 wrote:
I have a rather difficult area between my driveway and my house that is probably 15 x 5. I thought a good plan would be to allow this area to fill in with Iris. While it is filling in quite nicely, my problem is keeping it weeded. I could literally spend ALL my gardening time weeding this bed. I know that the rhizomes(hope that is the correct term) need to creep along near the suface, so I haven't mulched this bed for fear of hurting the iris. Here's a picture of the bed this past spring when the iris were blooming. It looks quite horrible right now with all the weeds. If I can't mulch them, I'll have to re-do this bed with something that can be kept tidier.