Twenty-five years of business later, the “Iris Lady” keeps her perennial passion growing strong. It all started out innocently enough for Judy Malson and her husband, Don. Hybridizer Herb Schafer gave ...

Well, it's hard to believe, but most of our lawns are still nice and green; and with the cooler temperatures at night, there are a lot of vegetables that have started to ripen. Farmers markets are ...

For Laura Buelow, growing iris has been a 60-year passion. “We moved here in 1949 and bought a house and as soon as I had a yard, my mother started filling it up with iris. And I never looked back,” ...

In Iris Root, the softest of the collection, velvety iris rhizome is blended with herbaceous angelica seed and zesty timut pepper for a clean, powdery scent. “The orris root—the rhizome—is naturally ...

I always look forward to the bearded iris when they start blooming in early June. Their bold flowers and leaves add a great dramatic element to the garden. The versatility and beauty of the iris have ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 103, No. 5 (March 2009), pp. 687-702 (16 pages) • Background and Aims Most studies of exodermal structure and function have involved species with a uniseriate exodermis. To ...