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 ...

While it seems as though we shouldn't have to be doing fall tasks now because we haven't had summer yet, there is one job that needs to be done this month if you grow tall bearded iris. It's even more ...

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 ...

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 ...

We have a storied history here with gardeners, along with many writers with gardens, who have created our Southern place in ...

Few flowering perennials provide more enjoyment for less effort than iris. With colorful blooms that rival those of orchids in intricacy, irises grow easily in the garden. Seemingly, without a care in ...

1. Rhizomes have heaved out of the ground. When an iris is overgrown, crowded rhizomes shift against each other like tectonic plates until they erupt out of the soil. It’s not exactly an earthquake, ...

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 ...

The end of August is near, and that means that you have some chores to do. Let’s get started on the to-do list. If you have a tall bearded iris in your garden, you will notice that the rhizomes are ...

Dividing plants is an excellent way to rejuvenate and expand your garden. Whether you have plants that are dying or growing leggy, see that your perennials are becoming overcrowded, or simply want to ...