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 ...

I've always loved bearded irises, ever since I stumbled upon a neighborhood garden with at least 20 different kinds of irises blooming. The rainbow of colors was mesmerizing, and I knew one day I'd ...

Growing bearded irises from seed is one thing, while breeding them as Morris did is quite another.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue and white irises in bloom. - Kazakov Maksim/Shutterstock Bearded irises (Iris germanica) are vigorous perennials that bloom ...

Bearded irises have come a long way from the simple Iris pallida fondly called “Grandma’s flags” and grown in so many gardens many decades ago. Named for the Goddess of the Rainbow in Greek mythology, ...

Irises are low-maintenance, drought-tolerant plants, but these five tasks will help them thrive – this is exactly how to care ...

Dividing your bearded irises in summer will pay off next spring with more stunning flowers. Exceptionally hardy, drought-tolerant, and deer-resistant, bearded irises are one of the easiest perennials ...

This spring, I have to admit, I went a little berserk about bearded iris. The combination of the strikingly colored, complex blooms with silk, velvet or tissue-like textures and fuzzy beards, standing ...

Bearded irises are, undoubtedly, the tall standouts of the spring bulbs, with their showstopper flowers, complete with the ruffled edges that give them their name. If you’re looking for more variety, ...

Q: I have a patch of irises measuring 28 inches wide and 20 feet long. It was planted 35 years ago. The irises are overgrown with weeds growing in the patch. I would like to thin them out, but they ...

Critics of bearded irises say the flowers are too fleeting, their lives too short, that they bloom for a few brief weeks in spring, then are gone until the next season. Further, they maintain, the ...

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 ...