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 ...

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.

Bearded irises range in size from miniature to tall and come in many colors, such as traditional blue and purple with yellow centers, white, yellow, peach and red.

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 ...

The bearded iris, with its rakish good looks, is the obsession of Don and Ginny Spoon of Cross Junction, Va. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...