To iris enthusiasts, the Standard Dwarf Bearded Irises (ab SDBs) are well known, second only to the Tall Bearded Irises in popularity. However, to most gardeners and even gardeners who show, the ...

A remaining Holy Grail for hybridizers is to breed a true red bearded iris. “There are probably nearly 100,000 named varieties of bearded irises,” says Horton. “They’re like poodles.

Ernst, who estimates that he will have spent at least $1 million by the time the process is complete, says his aim is to create a tall bearded iris with a 38-inch stem, 10 buds and a flower 6 to 6 ...

Ernst, who estimates that he will have spent at least $1 million by the time the process is complete, says his aim is to create a tall bearded iris with a 38-inch stem, 10 buds and a flower 6 to 6 ...

I am going to introduce you to a type of iris that you probably have never seen or heard of before.  Arilbreds are the result ...

Most bearded irises are in the purple and blue range, with yellow, pink, orange and white breeds also available. Only true red blossom color has been the hybridizers’ elusive vision.

There are almost as many reasons to love bearded irises as there are colors of these basically bulletproof plants. They’re drought-tolerant. They cope in Colorado’s heavy clay soils and seem ...

Irises put on a show in Southern gardens in a rainbow of colors. Learn when different types of irises—Dwarf, Dutch, and Bearded—bloom and how to care for irises.