When choosing from the wide range of bearded iris varieties out there, the breadth is staggering. Bearded irises, both tall and tiny, are amongst those plants for which a rainbow of colors really is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bearded iris is a tall, fragrant perennial flower that blooms in late spring and early summer. This drought-tolerant and deer-resistant plant thrives in full sun and well-drained soil. Thousands of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. India Hurst can pinpoint the precise moment her obsession with the tall bearded iris took hold. It was in 2017, ...

Bearded irises are, undoubtedly, the tall standouts of the spring bulbs, with their showstopper flowers, complete with the ruffled edges that give them their name. If you’re looking for more variety, ...

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 ...

Victorian flower farmer Caitie O'Grady has watched her black bearded irises bloom just in time for Halloween. "When it comes out to bloom, it's usually near Halloween, which is really cool, and people ...

This spring, I have to admit, I went a little berserk about bearded iris. The combination of the strikingly colored, complex blooms with silk, velvet or tissue-like textures and fuzzy beards, standing ...

Beloved by artists throughout the ages, the bearded iris is a plant with an impeccable pedigree Not long after we arrived on this south-facing hillside, I realised I’d need to re-evaluate my plant ...