One of the pleasures of bearded irises is their sweet scent. While this fragrance is more pronounced in some than others, there's an iris with a similar flower that trumps them all in the fragrance ...

Bearded irises have come a long way from the simple Iris pallida fondly called “Grandma’s flags” and grown in so many gardens many decades ago. Named for the Goddess of the Rainbow in Greek mythology, ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. If you were to guess the most precious flower in a perfumer’s palette, you ...

Mike Wolcott’s musings on the bearded irises from his old family homestead got me wondering more about their history in the US. “Bearded” irises are native to Europe and East Asia, but they were ...