As a child growing up in the mountains of Western North Carolina, I thought irises were part of the orchid family because their blooms were just as spectacular and exotic. I would find native irises ...

If you want beautiful blooms from your bearded irises in the spring, these late summer maintenance tasks are key. Luckily, they're not difficult to do.

After three or four years of beautiful flowers, your bearded iris produced small or non-existent blooms this spring. What gives? The plants likely are reacting to being overcrowded, which means it is ...

A bearded iris that's in bloom but wilting - Almacron/Shutterstock If you love irises (Iridaceae), you're in good company. These stunning flowers are a perennial go-to among gardeners for many reasons ...

Q: I have several different kinds of irises but not all of them are blooming well and growing well. I have wild dwarf irises that my father gave me from his farm in Coosa county. Those are finished ...

Myths about growing bearded irises -- Over the rainbow: bearded irises and your garden -- How to successfully grow bearded irises -- How bearded irises are made -- The historical drama of bearded ...

There are almost as many reasons to love bearded irises as there are colors of these basically bulletproof plants. They’re drought-tolerant. They cope in Colorado’s heavy clay soils and seem to thrive ...

Mike Wolcott’s musings on the bearded irises from his old family homestead got me wondering more about their history in the US. “Bearded” irises are native to Europe and East Asia, but they ...

Iris blooming in the fall? Yes, these stately inflorescences announcing that spring has come can also brighten the fall garden if they are ‘Rebloomer’ irises. The iris is often a backbone of color for ...

into another area of my garden. When is the best time to transplant them? Is there anything I should be aware of before they are dug up and moved? -- Linda M., via e-mail A: The bearded iris is a ...