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Dahlias will suffer in consistently wet earth, so make sure you set them up in ideal conditions, and not alongside these ...
Sometimes botany gives you a "Jeopardy" moment about a particular plant's origins. In the case of sisyrinchium, the category would be "plants that could be a grass or an iris for $200." This ...
5 non-bearded iris varieties. Non-bearded irises are those that don't have hairs on their lower petals, or falls. There are a ...
The blue flag iris, which flourishes in damp soil, ... Blue flag irises grow to be 2 to 3 feet tall, with beautiful violet-blue or purple flowers, surrounded by green sword-like leaves. ...
Specks of pollen scatter from the wings of a bee as it dives into a giant blue iris in the Barataria Preserve in Marrero on Sunday, March 26, 2017.
The black walnut tree (Juglans nigra) is well-loved for its beauty and the walnuts it grows. However, the roots of this tree ...
Hummingbirds are also attracted to the wild blue iris. This plant can be weedy or invasive. It is distasteful to livestock and heavy growths of the plant are a nuisance in pasture land.
Nerd alert facts: The iris is a clump-forming plant with bluish-green, sword-shaped leaves. Its stalks bear three to five violet-blue flowers with a purple veining and inner yellow and white patch.
If you are planting several plants in a bed, plant them in a group spacing them about 12 inches apart. Providing adequate moisture is an important part of growing Louisiana irises.
The iris plant was first seen around 1749 BC in Syria. The flower has been a favorite of royalty. ... blue violets for “I will always be true” along with blue iris for hope and faith.
Which perennial flower has the greatest range of colors? It’s iris, appropriately named after the goddess of the rainbow, available in white, yellow, blue, purple, lavender, orange, rust, brown ...