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Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. You'll find the "root" is not really a bulb, but what is called a "rhizome"--an irregularly shaped bulbous...

Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. You'll find the "root" is not really a bulb, but what is called a "rhizome"--an irregularly shaped bulbous...

Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.

Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. You'll find the "root" is not really a bulb, but what is called a "rhizome"--an irregularly shaped bulbous...

Its delicate ruffles and sweet fragrance make it a true classic. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed. 'Immortality' blooms in late spring and again in early fall.

(Iris germanica) ‘Mother Earth' Reblooming Bearded Iris harmonizes in pastel pinks and lavenders with cloud-like white ruffled petals floating above and buttercup yellow beards. Blooms twice, in spring and fall, it's an easy-care garden standout.

With a bright tangerine beard, it's a cheery garden staple. Blooms in June and again in fall, it's a critter resistant favorite! (Iris germanica) A study in contrasts, ‘Swept Off My Feet' Reblooming Bearded Iris draws the eye to feast upon a pure white...

Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.

Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

(Iris germanica) Soft hues of golden yellow, plum and rose are highlights of ‘In Living Color' Bearded Iris. Flowering in mid-spring, ‘In Living Color' has a lovely musky fragrance and is prolific and drought tolerant.

Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.

Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.

Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.

Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.

Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.

Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.

‘Downtown Brown' Bearded Iris almost takes our breath away with its unusual earthy coloration. Its luscious chocolate coloring with a golden center changes to golden yellow a few days later, creating a beautiful duo of color in one flower! Tall and...

Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. You'll find the "root" is not really a bulb, but what is called a "rhizome"--an irregularly shaped bulbous...

Tall in stature and blooming in mid-season, its warm colors and strap-like foliage look great alongside ornamental grasses and other summer bloomers. A real garden stand-out! (Iris germanica)

Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.

(Iris germanica) ‘Final Episode's' Reblooming Bearded Iris lemon yellow standards (upright petals) flutter gaily over violet-purple falls (downward petals), glazed with a burgundy finish.

(Iris germanica) Like a piece of pure blue sky fallen to your garden, ‘Astro Blue' Bearded Iris brings wake-up color to your flower bed. With softly ruffled 4" flowers on gracefully arched stems, this hardy Iris will give years of easy-care pleasure.

With huge 7 ½" blooms it's a garden star! Blooming in mid-to-late spring, its sweet fragrance and delicate colors make it a great backdrop or a focal point on its own. An easy-care favorite! (Iris germanica)

(Iris germanica) A wee lass in the Bearded Iris world, ‘Wild Irish Rose', will brighten up a corner and mix well with other late spring blooming perennials. Deer resistant, it's a pollinator favorite.

Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. You'll find the "root" is not really a bulb, but what is called a "rhizome"--an irregularly shaped bulbous...

Since plenty of information exists, I will not add to the surplus. At this point, I may add nutrients to the new iris bed. I can't wait to find them again in all of these rearranged, resurrected clumps! I'm sure I will be surprised by the combinations...

When a new iris is introduced it has to pass muster on many levels to please true iris connoisseurs. Then, after a summer of rest, more flowers bloom out in the fall to end the season just as spectacularly as it began.