The lovely irises are finally blooming. Do you have irises in your landscape? With their colors and gray-green foliage, they can certainly put on a colorful show. Irises are hardy, long-lived ...

Mike Wolcott’s musings on the bearded irises from his old family homestead got me wondering more about their history in the US. “Bearded” irises are native to Europe and East Asia ...

I’ll begin by saying nobody knows for sure how old the irises are, but it’s safe to say they are really, really old. My dad — who is well on his way toward celebrating his 100th birthday in ...

Irises can look wonderful in early summer, with masses of colourful blooms held on stout flower stalks. However, after several years the clumps will run out of steam and die off in the middle ...