It's a magical time when bearded iris flowers unfurl their pencil-slim buds to reveal a kaleidoscope of color in spring. Once commonly called flags, these perennials flourish in USDA Zones 3-9, where ...

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 ...

MOST OF US, gardeners and nongardeners alike, carry memories of bearded iris (Iris germanica), an old-fashioned flower frequently found in long-established gardens, like that of your grandparents or ...

Owing to climactic conditions here in the Inland Northwest and my admittedly lazy ways, perennials in my garden have to meet a long list of criteria. They have to be heat and cold tolerant, drought ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. India Hurst can pinpoint the precise moment her obsession with the tall bearded iris took hold. It was in 2017, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tending the bearded irises, whose stately, shimmering blooms turn spring gardens into a riot of color, is an important summertime task eased by the anticipation of enjoying their displays again next ...

The Southwestern Michigan Iris Society is holding its annual Tall Bearded Iris Show on Saturday at Romence Gardens, 9660 Shaver Road, in Portage. Locally grown iris blooms will be shown and judged.