Walking along the path in Breckenridge that goes from Park Avenue north to the Riverwalk Center we saw an abundance of wild irises, so I decided to find out more about this flower. The scientific name ...

Irises are coming into flower in gardens and in the wild. The word 'Iris' is both the common English name and the botanical name for the plants and since garden cultivars come in an array of beautiful ...

Named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow, the graceful and delicate iris has a great many faces. Few gardeners have seen them all. Though the tall "bearded" irises -- the ones with hairy, ...

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 ...

Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

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 ...