Tall bearded irises are among the most dramatically beautiful flowers in our gardens, but they are not carefree. Ignore them for three or four years and the quantity of blooms will peter out, the iris ...

The first records we know of about iris flowers date back to 1479 B.C. — nearly 3,500 years ago! What a flower! It made such an impression on King Thutmose III of Egypt that after conquering Syria, he ...

Mary Ann Long seemed amazed within moments of arriving at the Northeast Indiana Iris Society’s showcase of more than 100 irises in downtown Fort Wayne. Long paused Sunday at a table of tall bearded ...

The genus Iris of flowering plants -- named after the Greek rainbow goddess because of the variation in flower color -- comprises over 300 species across the northern hemisphere, some of which are ...

“Those who have time for drama are not gardening enough.” Maybe it is because Iris was my mom’s name that it’s been a goal to create an iris garden in honor of her. Maybe it’s because the flower has ...

This blend of toughness with intense, yet fleeting, beauty is an apt metaphor for Cleveland and makes Rockefeller Park Greenhouse and Botanical Garden a fitting location for preserving the work of the ...

FARGO — Did you hear about the gardener who mistakenly called Sunnyside Cemetery instead of Sunnyside Garden Center? When the gardener asked how deep to plant iris, the old undertaker who answered ...

MOST OF US, gardeners and nongardeners alike, carry memories of bearded iris (Iris germanica), an old-fashioned flower frequently found in long-established gardens, like that of your grandparents or ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Iris Flower Show is back at the Freimann-Foelinger Botanical Conservatory for one day only. Northeast Indiana Iris Society will display its latest spring blooms. At the ...

Just as each month has its own assigned astrological signs, specific flowers are associated with every month of the year. These designated blooms, known as birth flowers, embody the character traits ...

Sitting beneath the branches of an ancient oak on a windswept hill in Jordan’s highlands during the first week of spring, I’m surrounded by a dazzling array of wildflowers. Purple anemones, red ...