Once daytime highs start staying in the 80s, and certainly as they hit the 90s and nighttime lows stay in the 70s, the plants ...

Nobody planted it. Been here for centuries probably,” Salathe said. Salathe is part of the Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative. The group’s goal is to preserve the state’s native irises.

There’s about five species of iris that occur in Louisiana and down into Florida that are grouped together as the “Louisiana ...

Iris cristata rhizomes are available to order from Amazon. The Louisiana iris, Iris fulva, produces unusual copper-red ...

The cover features Louisiana imagery, including a blue iris and heron, and a porch swing significant to the story. The original painting was raffled off for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ...

ABBEVILLE, La. (WVUE) - The red iris, one of Louisiana’s rarest native flowers, blooms each April in a swamp near the town of Abbeville—its only known natural habitat in the world. Unlike the ...