With beautiful colors and markings, there are many different varieties of bearded irises, from golden yellow to maroon red, rusty copper to deep purple. Bearded irises, Iris germanica, are so ...

As a new exhibition illuminates, van Gogh’s irises were originally purple. Titled “Ultra-Violet: New Light on Van Gogh’s Irises,” the show is the result of “conservators and scientists ...

“Passalong plants” — a term with its own roots in many an old family garden.

When I see a purple iris I’m transported to my childhood home’s flowerbed. Vibrant, royal purple Bearded Iris from Aunt Nell’s rhizomes, passed on to my mother, grew tall along the east side ...