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 ...

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 ...

Bearded Iris germanica are some of the most lovely late spring / early summer flowering perennials. They produce beautiful blooms in many different colors and offer a unique foliage for any dry, sunny ...

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 ...

Many of the perennial plants in our landscapes are slowing down at this time of year. With fall and winter drawing near, a season of dormancy is approaching for these plants. Not so for Louisiana ...

If you brought any house plants outside for the summer, now is the time to think about bringing them back inside. Make sure they are insect free. Begonias are shown in an outdoor pot in a western ...

Yes! By removing any diseased foliage you will not only make your plants look better now but also reduce their exposure to future leaf spot infections. Start by pulling off any withered leaves. Next, ...

Available in nearly every color, bearded iris is a beautiful spring flower, but sometimes they fail to bloom like they used to. Why? Here is the answer to that and several other questions about irises ...

Bearded irises (Iris germanica) are vigorous perennials that bloom in spring in a rainbow of colors (in fact, the name iris refers to the Greek goddess of the rainbow). Bearded irises increase in size ...