Iris

Would you like your garden to attract the attention of all who pass by? If so, plant Japanese iris, Iris kaempferi. This large, graceful iris comes into bloom in late

Perhaps you haven’t seen irises lately. You may recall them as those early fleeting blooms in drab violets or washed-out yellows seen everywhere some 60 years ago, thriving on neglect

For more than 400 years the Japanese have cultivated a kind of iris almost entirely unknown to the average American gardener. Near Tokyo there is the garden Kotaka-en where these

It seems strange that the beautiful iris of the Pacific Coast is so little used in gardens elsewhere. They are perhaps the most misunderstood beauties of our time, for they

Late spring or early summer is the time for tall bearded iris, the most popular of the many species and hybrids of the iris family. Varied and lovely are the

The butterfly or spuria iris are unequaled for hardiness, dependable bloom, and usefulness as cut flowers. In moist climates, their foliage may be subject to spotting like the bearded iris,

I cannot recall any other genus of plants, except primula, that begins to match the iris in size and shape of flowers, range of colors, and adaptability to various garden

My husband had been perfectly happy raising iris for his own pleasure for 10 years when a friend suggested that he enter the annual iris show. He didn’t take to