Caitlin, do reduce what is in your place. One elder couple near here has let their iris bed just go with no weeding but after bloom time the area gets mowed like their lawn so no moisture trapping organic residue which harbors the borer eggs gets to stay around the plants. Through the years their blooms have slowly reduced due to their no care approach, but they have little to do. The hardiest will survive! Don't get yourself into a situation of worse health and more pains from a garden of any type.
