Twenty-five years of business later, the “Iris Lady” keeps her perennial passion growing strong. It all started out innocently enough for Judy Malson and her husband, Don. Hybridizer Herb Schafer gave ...

Well, it's hard to believe, but most of our lawns are still nice and green; and with the cooler temperatures at night, there are a lot of vegetables that have started to ripen. Farmers markets are ...

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 ...

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,” ...

Ask any iris lover which one is their favorite and you will most likely get an indirect answer. That’s probably a result of the multitude of colors, bloom periods and species available. How would a ...