Many of the perennial plants in our landscapes are slowing down at this time of year. With fall and winter drawing near, a ...

In my past articles, I’ve discussed some of the various classes of Bearded Irises. To date, there are some 80,000 cultivars ...

If you want beautiful blooms from your bearded irises in the spring, these late summer maintenance tasks are key. Luckily, ...

While July gardening chores revolve around watering, weeding, deadheading and helping plants through the heat, those chores might include transplanting bearded iris and watching for powdery mildew on ...

It is hard to believe that we have already entered September. Seems like the summer season just began and we are already ...

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 ...

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 ...

Question: We have some bearded iris that have spread out from their original planted spot and now form a circle with an empty spot in the middle. Can we divide them and replant them back into the spot ...

Now is a good time to divide your spring flowering plants. When planting peonies, the hole needs to be deep enough to ...

There are good reasons to divide perennials. They need to thin them occasionally, so their roots don’t get too crowded.