Wasn't an iris borer looking at all the nasty pics, but I'm on the watch now. I don't know if they're really in this area..
Leslie spoke of wacky fans and not so promising mother rhizomes. To add on I have some where they're just as you speak AND the fans are harder than bricks.
Here's one that I reported as a goner. I did some surgery and lost the mother fans. The rhizome is a little soft now and will die off, but look what popped up. It was a bonus, but I'd pay to have this in my garden.
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