It's a magical time when bearded iris flowers unfurl their pencil-slim buds to reveal a kaleidoscope of color in spring. Once commonly called flags, these perennials flourish in USDA Zones 3-9, where ...

It's a magical time when bearded iris flowers unfurl their pencil-slim buds to reveal a kaleidoscope of color, beginning as early as March in warmer regions. Depending on the type of bearded iris, ...

The bearded iris is beloved for its large, showy, fragrant flowers. It has six petals: three upright or standard, three drooping or falling, and a frilly beard in the center that leads pollinators to ...

Irises are some of the most popular flowers in gardens. They are easy to grow, long-lived and relatively carefree perennials. They also can be found in a variety of colors, ranging from pink, purple, ...

Lily of the Nile is so easy to propagate by division of congested old plants that not many of us bother to grow it from seed. No one wants to leave the prominent but less than appealing seed pods out ...

CEDAR FALLS -- Vera Thompson, 81, jabs her shiny Dutch fork into the rich earth and lifts out a clump of irises. "The fork works best because it doesn't damage the roots as much," she says, bending ...

Irises are in bloom now through July and fields across Oregon and Washington are fluttering in blues, pinks and almost every color combination imaginable. That seems fitting since the perennial was ...

It’s February and my iris need feeding. Its one of the tips I received about growing these show-stopping beauties. In my earliest gardening days, I never planted iris, mostly because my mother didn’t ...

If you like your flowers plain and simple, the bearded iris is not for you. It is hard to say which aspect of the iris is the most ornate: its range and mixes of colors, its frills, its size or its ...

What should you do with your bearded Iris Germanic in the spring to get them ready for their coming floral display? Well that ...