If you want beautiful blooms from your bearded irises in the spring, these late summer maintenance tasks are key. Luckily, ...

As gardeners, we often find ourselves in a bit of a predicament. First of all, if we admit it, we want all the flowers. We also like to share our flowers. I would guess that irises are one of the more ...

The lovely irises are finally blooming. Do you have irises in your landscape? With their colors and gray-green foliage, they can certainly put on a colorful show. Irises are hardy, long-lived ...

There are two dietes species that carry the common name butterfly iris. The rhizomatous plants in this genus, too, are known as fortnight lilies because their bloom crops come in two-week periods.

Now is a good time to divide your spring flowering plants. When planting peonies, the hole needs to be deep enough to ...

I’ve had iris for several years, but they didn’t seem to bloom as much this year as usual. Any suggestions? GM There are some 200 to 300 varieties of iris, but I am guessing you are talking about the ...

Irises are essential spring and early summer flowers that are grown from bulbs, offsets and rhizomes in a bewildering number of forms. They have six petals – three upright and three that curve ...

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 ...

What: Iris ensata “Variegata,” known as variegated Japanese iris, is a lovely and elegant moderately slow growing perennial with beautiful flowers and striking foliage. The dark purple flowers are ...

When Kathy Chilton tells people she doesn't grow her irises in a protective greenhouse but out in her Three Points ranch, they're surprised. "They actually are very drought-tolerant," says Chilton, ...