“Those who have time for drama are not gardening enough.” Maybe it is because Iris was my mom’s name that it’s been a goal to create an iris garden in honor of her. Maybe it’s because the flower has ...

Just north of Santa Margarita, in the southernmost part of Atascadero, is a unique and beautiful iris nursery that is really more of a farm. Tucked back among the oak trees beside a seasonal creek, ...

Among my favorite spring wildflowers are the amazingly beautiful native Louisiana iris species. You may see them blooming in swampy or boggy areas or in ditches along roads. In gardens and landscapes, ...

Tall bearded irises are among the most dramatically beautiful flowers in our gardens, but they are not carefree. Ignore them for three or four years and the quantity of blooms will peter out, the iris ...

Flowers are blooming across the Treasure Coast. There are many cool season bloomers such as begonias sharing the last winter flowers and spring and summer flower-ers are bursting into bloom. This week ...

I've always loved bearded irises, ever since I stumbled upon a neighborhood garden with at least 20 different kinds of irises blooming. The rainbow of colors was mesmerizing, and I knew one day I'd ...

For Laura Buelow, growing iris has been a 60-year passion. “We moved here in 1949 and bought a house and as soon as I had a yard, my mother started filling it up with iris. And I never looked back,” ...

As a real Dutchman, I am a big fan of our beautiful flowers. And as a landscape photographer, I enjoy our colorful spring each year in which I always find time to photograph the flowers and show the ...