Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's a magical time when bearded iris flowers unfurl their pencil-slim buds to reveal a kaleidoscope of color in spring. Once ...

It is down-to-the-wire time for rescuing those ratty and spent iris eyesores for another round of spectacular bloom. The clock is ticking, with the end of August and early September as the final ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's a magical time when bearded iris flowers unfurl their pencil-slim buds to reveal a kaleidoscope of color, beginning as early ...

Exceptionally hardy, drought-tolerant, and deer-resistant, bearded irises are one of the easiest perennials to grow in cold-weather regions. Though they are mostly care-free, these irises do need to ...

Darlene F. of Sonoma asks: My bearded irises used to bloom beautifully. This year there weren’t many blooms. They are in full sun, get plenty of water and they’re growing in good soil. There are a lot ...

Question: I have mature bearded, Siberian and Japanese irises in the garden at the older house we bought this year. These have all finished blooming. How do I best care for them now through the summer ...

The iris is the birth flower of February, the month in which I was born. The Dwarf Lake Iris is the state wildflower of Michigan, where I’m from. There is an iris named “Clarence,” the most handsome ...

The Monterey Bay Iris Society has announced its annual sale of iris rhizomes on two consecutive Saturdays in August. Gardeners who have been growing irises for some time eagerly anticipate the ...

A friend of mine said she had bearded irises that had beautiful blooms this spring. Unfortunately, they have spread too much and she needs to divide and move them to another location. Irises are ...

While July gardening chores revolve around watering, weeding, deadheading and helping plants through the heat, those chores might include transplanting bearded iris and watching for powdery mildew on ...