If you want to brighten up your garden next spring, our gardening expert shares what you need to know about these lovely flowers ...

Existing perennial weeds can be a real nightmare to control in any flower garden. If you start preparing your iris bed now, you will have plenty of time to eradicate those weeds for July planting ...

IRIS flowers tend to bloom in the summer months, but when should you cut these delightful blooms back to maintain them for longer?

Members of the Greater Portland Iris Society offer tips for growing irises. About 600 visiting members of the American Iris Society arrived in Portland May 18 to spend a week touring six iris ...

Take care not to break off a new bud when you are removing a dead flower. Once all the flowers are done blooming, you can follow the stalk back to its base and simply cut it off This will keep the ...

Critics of bearded irises say the flowers are too fleeting, their lives too short, that they bloom for a few brief weeks in spring, then are gone until the next season. Further, they maintain, the … ...

Irises are the artists of the garden, with their intricate, frilly blooms in every shade of the rainbow. These easy-care perennials thrive in full sun and well-drained soil, and they’re easy to ...