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. Carson Downing Exceptionally hardy, drought-tolerant, and deer-resistant, bearded irises are one of the easiest perennials to grow ...

I got an email a few years ago from a person asking why his irises were not blooming. I have had an iris in my garden bed for as long as I can remember. My parents grew iris when I was growing up at ...

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 ...

Avoid overwatering bearded irises, says Helen Chesnut, as they prefer soils kept a little on the dry side. (Credit: Liudmyla Liudmyla) Q. I am fond of the bearded irises in my garden, but their growth ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...