Walking along the path in Breckenridge that goes from Park Avenue north to the Riverwalk Center we saw an abundance of wild irises, so I decided to find out more about this flower. The scientific name ...

In other climes, it’s April showers that bring on May flowers, but here it all happens in the winter. Hopefully. The rains of December, January and February bring out a fabulous display of wildflowers ...

The flowers of any species are typically controlled by genes and are usually of a certain color: bog cranberry typically has pink flowers, starflowers are white, forget-me-nots are blue, and so on.

Irises are coming into flower in gardens and in the wild. The word 'Iris' is both the common English name and the botanical name for the plants and since garden cultivars come in an array of beautiful ...

Can you identify the two common irises of Marin County? Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana) and ground iris (Iris macrosiphon) brighten our spring wildflower walks. Douglas iris has two cream, blue, ...

The genus Iris of flowering plants -- named after the Greek rainbow goddess because of the variation in flower color -- comprises over 300 species across the northern hemisphere, some of which are ...

A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT: There are plenty of places around the Golden State that see a sudden field of flowers come a particular week or month a year. Some of those places cultivate the blooms -- we're ...

Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

Tall bearded irises are among the most dramatically beautiful flowers in our gardens, but they are not carefree. Ignore them for three or four years and the quantity of blooms will peter out, the iris ...