Iris garden

The practice of “Companion Planting”, a centuries-old gardening tradition, follows the theory that different plant species, planted close together, assist each other with nutrient production and ab…

Love irises but short on garden space?

Check out these stunning companion plants for iris flowers for a colorful garden: columbine, salvia, peonies, lupines, allium, daylilies, and oriental poppies.

When Do Irises Bloom - If you are scratching your head with this question, well, we'll tell you about these flowers in detail!

Plants bring a garden to life and provide joy throughout the year. Whether your garden is large or small, planting is the key to a successful garden. Each garden is unique and every planting design is individually tailored to suit the location, aspect, architecture and soil conditions at the site. Rosemary’s extensive experience ensures the

W hat I love most about August is the flower catalogs that come in the mail. My all-time favorite catalog is the ones with irises. It's a magical time when bearded irises unfurl their pencil-slim buds to reveal a kaleidoscope of color in spring. Once commonly called flags, these perennials flourish in USDA Zones 3-9, where winter temperatures dip below freezing and allow the plant to go dormant before next year's growth. Next to roses, the iris is my all-time favorite flower. They are…

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My hometown has the most beautiful Iris gardens, which only bloom for a short time every year. They are the highlight of Memorial Day weekend!

I apologize for the MASSIVE upload (89 pics!), but I really wanted to put all of these up on my flickr and put them in my album "The Iris Collection". If you love irises, or if you love color, you might want to take the time to click through them all. Maybe the garden is this amazing every year (the last time I was there was two years ago, and before that, I can't recall), but it really seems to me that this year was a BANNER year at this garden. If you ever get the chance to visit it…