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 ...

Iris is the largest genus of the family Iridaceae which has up to 300 species. Iris comes from the Greek word for a rainbow, due to the rainbow of bloom colors including blue, pink, purple, reddish, ...

Ask any iris lover which one is their favorite and you will most likely get an indirect answer. That’s probably a result of the multitude of colors, bloom periods and species available. How would a ...

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 ...

Pat Norvell produced a Louisiana iris that her granddaughter wants to be her namesake. If Norvell were to register it, the name would be 'Kiley's Pick.' Pat Norvell Pat Norvell can name-drop with the ...

Siberian irises can be successfully grown in Colorado. They are hardier than either the German bearded or Japanese iris, both in withstanding severe climatic conditions and in withstanding the ...