When choosing from the wide range of bearded iris varieties out there, the breadth is staggering. Bearded irises, both tall and tiny, are amongst those plants for which a rainbow of colors really is a ...

It's a magical time when bearded iris flowers unfurl their pencil-slim buds to reveal a kaleidoscope of color, beginning as early as March in warmer regions. Depending on the type of bearded iris, ...

With so many gorgeous varieties of bearded iris available, it's hard to know where to begin. Enter professional gardener Peg Aloi for a list of her favorites.

These statuesque beauties, resilient to drought, come in all colors and scents, even vanilla and root beer. This spring, I have to admit, I went a little berserk about bearded iris. The combination of ...

This year the National Garden Bureau is promoting iris as their bulb of the year. Irises are among the easiest of perennials to grow from bulbs, roots or rhizomes. The genus includes some 250 to 300 ...

Bearded Iris is misunderstood in the coastal gardens of Southern California. Like many other peculiarities of local gardening, confusion begins with well-intended information written for a national ...

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If you like your flowers plain and simple, the bearded iris is not for you. It is hard to say which aspect of the iris is the most ornate: its range and mixes of colors, its frills, its size or its ...

BEARDED irises are maddening: their flowers are short-lived; a few are unspeakably gaudy; many bear excruciatingly fey names. For some, however, I would cross a desert barefoot. Claire Austin ...