Well, the seasons are changing. We went from spring to summer all in one weekend, it seems. I know many of us were wishing it was a warmer two weeks, but you know what they say: Watch what you wish ...

One of the oldest and best-known perennials in the home landscape is the bearded iris, sometimes called a German iris or a flag. But the genus Iris contains almost 300 species, and many irises have ...

Walking along the path in Breckenridge that goes from Park Avenue north to the Riverwalk Center we saw an abundance of wild irises, so I decided to find out more about this flower. The scientific name ...

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 ...

The bearded irises used to seem to me too regal and stately to love, in fact, rather pompous. (There are other estimable kinds of irises, but the tall bearded are the most familiar and the most ...

Q: I have several different kinds of irises but not all of them are blooming well and growing well. I have wild dwarf irises that my father gave me from his farm in Coosa county. Those are finished ...

In today's "Growing Together" column, Don Kinzler explains why it's important to divide the perennial flower named after the goddess of the rainbow and how to do it in August. Iris, named after the ...

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 ...

When Kathy Chilton tells people she doesn't grow her irises in a protective greenhouse but out in her Three Points ranch, they're surprised. "They actually are very drought-tolerant," says Chilton, ...