Irises are one of my guilty pleasures. I rarely dedicate garden space to a flower that (mostly) blooms only once per season, but irises are so spectacular that they're worth it. For a short time, the ...

The 850 varieties of bearded iris (the name refers to the bristly appendage on the flower’s throat) tended by the Rules are “only 1/10th of 1 percent of the iris varieties available,” said MacKendrick ...

A bench sits on a sandy shore under a tree, looking out over a pond with trees on the other side. - Wirestock/Getty Images Are you one of the unlucky homeowners that has a forever damp part of the ...

An early season garden tour showcased various blooming flowers, including peonies, amsonia, chives, poppies and yarrows. The tour highlighted several iris varieties, notably the large, uniquely ...