One reader asks how to divide up bearded irises to produce healthier blooms. Another questions what to look for when buying spring blooming bulbs. Two garden experts share their advice.

If you want beautiful blooms from your bearded irises in the spring, these late summer maintenance tasks are key. Luckily, ...

If you have irises in your yard that bloom every spring and they have stopped blooming, or perhaps they don’t bloom as much as they used to, odds are it’s time to thin them out.

It’s mid-September, and there’s plenty to do in the Pacific Northwest garden, including dividing irises, planting spring-flowering bulbs like daffodils, turning annuals into compost and ...

Iris, a perennial favorite, provides years of pleasure with minimal care. But periodic dividing is important for maintaining plant health.

After three or four years of beautiful flowers, your bearded iris produced small or non-existent blooms this spring. What gives? The plants likely are reacting to being overcrowded, which means it ...

Iris Transplant Q: I wanted to know if you can dig out bulbs of irises from one yard to another. The irises have been in the yard for many years. Will they do OK in my yard if I dig them out and tr… ...