Q: I have a bed of what USED to be purple bearded iris. All of them have turned to white in color. Is there an amendment I need to make in the soil? Or can you tell me why this has happened?

Another non-bearded iris to add to your purple plants wish list, Japanese water iris, or Iris ensata, has a deep-violet color often with a striking yellow midrib. Native to Japan, China ...

I still have the white and purple bearded iris (Iris germanica) that I first grew more than forty years ago, ‘Mrs Andrist’. It was a gift from an older gardener down the back lane and would no ...

When I see a purple iris I’m transported to my childhood home’s flowerbed. Vibrant, royal purple Bearded Iris from Aunt Nell’s rhizomes, passed on to my mother, grew tall along the east side ...