Cooley S Iris Gardens

(Iris germanica) Early-to-mid-season, deer resistant blooms. A bright yellow beard sets the bloom alight for a memorable garden showstopper. Bi-toned, the standards (upright petals) are chile powder red and the falls (downward petals) intensify the color...

Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

Your iris roots will arrive with the foliage "trimmed" from this spring's growth. What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by.

Blooms twice, in spring and fall, it's an easy-care garden standout. (Iris germanica) ‘Mother Earth' Reblooming Bearded Iris harmonizes in pastel pinks and lavenders with cloud-like white ruffled petals floating above and buttercup yellow beards.

With a bright tangerine beard, it's a cheery garden staple. Blooms in June and again in fall, it's a critter resistant favorite! (Iris germanica) A study in contrasts, ‘Swept Off My Feet' Reblooming Bearded Iris draws the eye to feast upon a pure white...

What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

Leave the trimmed foliage as it is, and simply bury the rhizome with the top of it showing through the soil surface. Bearded irises grow best with the tops of their rhizomes exposed.

Flowering in mid-spring, ‘In Living Color' has a lovely musky fragrance and is prolific and drought tolerant. (Iris germanica) Soft hues of golden yellow, plum and rose are highlights of ‘In Living Color' Bearded Iris.

What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

‘Downtown Brown' Bearded Iris almost takes our breath away with its unusual earthy coloration. Its luscious chocolate coloring with a golden center changes to golden yellow a few days later, creating a beautiful duo of color in one flower! Tall and...

Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

Tall in stature and blooming in mid-season, its warm colors and strap-like foliage look great alongside ornamental grasses and other summer bloomers. A real garden stand-out! (Iris germanica)

What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

Mid-spring blooms are followed by another late summer bloom for two rounds of colorful flowers. (Iris germanica) ‘Final Episode's' Reblooming Bearded Iris lemon yellow standards (upright petals) flutter gaily over violet-purple falls (downward petals),...

With softly ruffled 4" flowers on gracefully arched stems, this hardy Iris will give years of easy-care pleasure. (Iris germanica) Like a piece of pure blue sky fallen to your garden, ‘Astro Blue' Bearded Iris brings wake-up color to your flower bed.

With huge 7 ½" blooms it's a garden star! Blooming in mid-to-late spring, its sweet fragrance and delicate colors make it a great backdrop or a focal point on its own. An easy-care favorite! (Iris germanica)

Deer resistant, it's a pollinator favorite. (Iris germanica) A wee lass in the Bearded Iris world, ‘Wild Irish Rose', will brighten up a corner and mix well with other late spring blooming perennials.

Growing Bearded Irises These majestic flowers are surprisingly easy to grow, and actually require less attention than almost any other garden flowers. Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome.

Read on for more water iris information.Although several iris types grow in wet soil, true water iris is a semi-aquatic or bog plant that grows best in shallow water deep enough to cover the crown year round.