Growing up in the mountains of Western North Carolina, I didn’t see any orchids except at Easter when Woolworths sold a cymbidium corsage in a little plastic container. I didn’t feel deprived because ...

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 ...

If you’ve landed on this page, you more than likely have for some irises and/or daylilies in your flower garden and are wondering when the right time is to divide these perennials. While you may have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prized for its intricately beautiful, sculptural flowers which appear in early summer, this sun-loving rhizomatous perennial slowly forms a dense, spreading clump which should be divided every three ...

Q: I would like to share some of my irises with a neighbor. When is the best time to divide my plants? L.T., TulsaA: Sharing or gifting plants is always a wonderful way to recycle your plants and at ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carson Downing Exceptionally hardy, drought-tolerant, and deer-resistant, bearded irises are one of the easiest perennials to grow ...