I got an email a few years ago from a person asking why his irises were not blooming. I have had an iris in my garden bed for as long as I can remember. My parents grew iris when I was growing up at ...

Now is the time to transplant one of America’s most popular flowers, the iris. Although irises can be transplanted at any time, they do best when established in the landscape from August to ...

Divide irises for healthy, abundant blooms in spring. Irises are a beautiful addition to the garden, yielding tall statement flowers that add height and color to any landscape. Not only are irises eye ...

While July gardening chores revolve around watering, weeding, deadheading and helping plants through the heat, those chores might include transplanting bearded iris and watching for powdery mildew on ...

DENVER — Everybody loves iris, but as your garden becomes shadier over time, your iris may need sunnier locations. Even if you have plenty of sun, clumps need to be divided when they become ...

Q. I am fond of the bearded irises in my garden, but their growth and flowering were disappointing this year. I’m wondering ...

‘You all posted online that now was the time to divide and replant crowded irises. How do I do that?” — R.W. The first exposure to iris for a lot of us was likely in our grandparent’s garden. They ...

In the morning of what would be one of the hottest days of August, Jan Tolmasoff and her tiny team of two assistants at the Russian River Rose Co. engaged in a dusty late-summer ritual that will pay ...

Exceptionally hardy, drought-tolerant, and deer-resistant, bearded irises are one of the easiest perennials to grow in cold-weather regions. Though they are mostly care-free, these irises do need to ...