Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. bearded iris varieties growing in summer border (Olexandr Panchenko / Shutterstock) When choosing from the wide range of bearded ...

This blend of toughness with intense, yet fleeting, beauty is an apt metaphor for Cleveland and makes Rockefeller Park Greenhouse and Botanical Garden a fitting location for preserving the work of the ...

"In the Monterey Bay area, harsh winter weather is uncommon, but irises still need time to develop roots for spring growth ...

Perfect for a sunny garden, irises produce beautiful, stunning flowers from the late spring into the summer, depending on the type of iris you chose. But what plants should you plant nearby, so your ...

Irises are one of my guilty pleasures. I rarely dedicate garden space to a flower that (mostly) blooms only once per season, but irises are so spectacular that they're worth it. For a short time, the ...

Last week’s article covered the origin, classification, description, care, propagation and placement of the various types of bearded iris. Here I introduce some of the many varieties within each group ...

What it is: Purple Flame is a variety of native blue-flag iris that grows in damp to wet sites and adds the ornamental element of purplish early spring leaves and purple late-spring flowers to its ...

The 850 varieties of bearded iris (the name refers to the bristly appendage on the flower’s throat) tended by the Rules are “only 1/10th of 1 percent of the iris varieties available,” said MacKendrick ...