Understanding which bulbs need to be planted in fall and which need to be dug in fall can be confusing, so let’s review.

DENVER — Everybody loves iris, but as your garden becomes shadier over time, your iris may need sunnier locations. Even if you have plenty of sun, clumps need to be divided when they become ...

Irises are beautiful flowers with incredible diversity! With more than 70,000 registered varieties, these striking perennials can be planted across almost the entire U.S., except some extremely hot ...

Owing to climactic conditions here in the Inland Northwest and my admittedly lazy ways, perennials in my garden have to meet a long list of criteria. They have to be heat and cold tolerant, drought ...

WASHINGTON — Gardeners who are seeking a lot of color with little maintenance can get both from summer-blooming bulbs, which should be planted soon. Once established, bulbs tend to return perennially ...

Is a “host of golden daffodils” filling your spring garden? Or do you have an abundance of foliage but not so many flowers? Or perhaps the blooms are not quite as robust as in previous years. It may ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. When is the best time to cut the leaves of Louisiana iris plants? They bloomed ...

Few perennials match the amazing show, sweet fragrance, wide variety, and easy care of bearded irises. They come in just about every flower color, both solids and bicolors. Branched flower stalks ...

Iris are one of the easiest garden flowers to grow. They are also referred to as a pass-along plant, because we have starts from our parents or grandparents that have been handed down through ...

Irises are in bloom now through July and fields across Oregon and Washington are fluttering in blues, pinks and almost every color combination imaginable. That seems fitting since the perennial was ...

All of October and into early November is the ideal time to plant spring bulbs (tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, etc.) in central Pennsylvania. This timing allows the new bulbs to put down roots while ...