View full size Iris albicans is one of the only bearded iris to do well in south Alabama. This white iris is so vigorous, it's a roadside weed in places. Q: I have a bed of what USED to be purple ...

Name a color from black to purple to yellow to white and almost any variegation, and you can find a bearded iris that fits. The fragrant flowers appear as a single bloom or a cluster on a long ...

Bearded irises are hybridized Iris germanica. Irises were first grown in America in Virginia in the 1600s, but they weren’t grown popularly until the early 1900s. Now there are over 70,000 ...

Darrell Blackwelder: Separating the bearded iris. Published 12:00 am Sunday, April 25, 2021. ... Transplanted purple and other flower colors often revert to white blooms the next season, ...

A Camano Island flower farmer shares tips for growing and enjoying bearded iris, ... us picture bearded irises in some shade of purple, ... rose to dramatic wine-soaked colors — even black.

There are almost as many reasons to love bearded irises as there are colors of these basically bulletproof plants. They’re drought-tolerant. They cope in Colorado’s heavy clay soils and seem ...

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 … ...

Iris pallida, also known as Dalmatian iris because it is native to the Dalmatia province of Croatia, has been grown for centuries. It is a parent to our modern bearded irises.

Bearded irises are among the most elegant and colorful perennials you can grow. With a little know-how, you can grace your garden with long-lasting, ever-multiplying blooms for years to come.

The bearded iris comes in many shades of black, and the varieties have poetic names like "all night long" and "raven girl." Hellebore. This stunning flower is also known as the Christmas rose.