Showy irises are standouts in any flower garden, whether you use them as a border or as the star of the show. The distinct shape and petal arrangement make these flowers easy to identify, even though ...

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 ...

Q: I wanted to know if you can dig out bulbs of irises from one yard to another. The irises have been in the yard for many years. Will they do OK in my yard if I dig them out and transplant them in my ...

Which perennial flower has the greatest range of colors? It’s iris, appropriately named after the goddess of the rainbow, available in white, yellow, blue, purple, lavender, orange, rust, brown, black ...

Our earliest bearded irises have started blooming just in time to add color to the garden as the last of the spring flowering bulbs are fading. As such, they occupy a valuable niche in the flower ...

During the autumn months it is very important to help many of our herbaceous perennials 'go to rest' over winter. One plant ...

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 ...

If you admired your neighbor’s tulips and daffodils last spring and wished that you had some of these flowers in your yard, now is the time to plant these hardy bulbs before the ground freezes if you ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As we enter the fall season, gardeners consider planting selected bulbs for enjoyment as they bloom in the spring. This column opens with a brief overview of ...

Daffodils and tulips come in countless varieties to be enjoyed in the spring. (Marcia Westcott Peck) I was struggling a bit, trying to decide which topic made the most sense for this column, when — ...

Discover seven perennial bulbs to plant in spring for summer and fall color that returns every year. Spring offers a second ...