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America the Beautiful” were the words penned by poet Katharine Lee Bates on July 22, 1893. Bates taught English at Wellesley ...

The ceramicist, gardener, and writer gathers a rainbow of blooms from her Connecticut garden to arrange without tape or wire.

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 ...

John Lortz of Upper Sandusky has cultivated an extensive iris garden over the past three years. The garden features a variety of tall bearded irises, obtained through trades and borrowing, along ...

In devastating news for Sydneysiders and members of the LGBTQIA+ community, iconic Redfern venue, The Bearded Tit, will be closing in November. NO. I’M NOT OKAY. For the last 11 years, The ...

An image of a "bearded man" is being widely shared on social media, with users falsely identifying him as the driver who injured almost 80 people in the horrific attack. We explain in this edition ...

Named iris are $6 in bare-rooted form and $8 in a pot. The sale in conjunction with the show will offer unidentified bare-rooted irises for much less than the named, Rhoads said.

“We’re now at the peak bloom period of the highly regarded garden plant, the iris,” writes columnist Tom Karwin. “For the Monterey Bay area, the popular tall-bearded irises typica… ...

Iris the osprey came back to her nest in Missoula's Hellgate Canyon along the Clark Fork River just days before. Her return coincided with her most common return date of April 7.

Siberian iris, with its smaller, beardless flowers, might not be quite as showy as other types, but it makes up for this by being easy to grow and more drought-tolerant.