Follow these tips to grow bearded irises and grace your garden with long-lasting, colorful flowers. Reviewed by David McKinney With vibrant colors such as royal purple and sunny yellow ...

The iris is a uniquely generous perennial; as it grows, the plant produces increasing rhizomes (underground stems), which ...

Grown from rhizomes, the plant has large, sword-shaped, upright foliage. Name a color from black to purple to yellow to white and almost any variegation, and you can find a bearded iris that fits.

I adore Bearded Irises; they impress no end in late spring into summertime. I plant new young ones at this time of year so they can establish and give us wonderful flower displays year after year.