Divide irises when they are dormant in midsummer. After blooming in spring, plants slowly move into a dormant period that ...

WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including deadheading irises, getting rid of lily ...

Iris of Sissinghurst Kent-based grower of a large selection of bearded irises; irisofsissinghurst.com Beth Chatto Essex plant nursery stocking many of Cedric Morris’s Benton irises alongside ...

Iris names like Full Figure, O' Kapi Poppy, Wings of Dawn, Strawberry Splash, Bravery and even Tobacco Chew had appeal. One named Minnesota Mixed Up Kids stood out with its irregular markings.

“The show moves over to the perennial garden where we have Peonies blooming right now, as well as Baptisia, Bearded Iris, Siberian Iris,” said Jonathan Milbrodt, the Lead Horticulturist at ...

Today, I will highlight the iris, a star of this transition: a versatile group of perennials that thrive in wet conditions as well as in average garden soils, and bears deep symbolism and a ...

Finally, iris Hollandia (Dutch irises) are great fillers for a May/June border. Unlike the perennial varieties, these iris are grown from corms, that are planted in spring and used as annual ...

Most will be tall bearded." Both bare-rooted and potted irises will be for sale at the show, as well as named and unidentified, she said. Named iris are $6 in bare-rooted form and $8 in a pot.

Mike Wolcott’s musings on the bearded irises from his old family homestead got me wondering more about their history in the US. “Bearded” irises are native to Europe and East Asia, but they ...

Irises put on a show in Southern gardens in a rainbow of colors. Learn when different types of irises—Dwarf, Dutch, and Bearded—bloom and how to care for irises.

Non-native bearded iris are taller than their Pacific Coast cousins and prefer full sun. They come in a multitude of colors and last a week or longer as a vibrant cut flower because there are so ...