iris - Fine Gardening

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    Pat’s Ontario Garden

    Today’s photos are from Pat Cassidy. I have been gardening in this space for 30 years now just outside Ottawa, Ontario. The first couple of years, as it is for…

  • Iris leaf spot targets iris foliage after particularly moist summers.
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    Look Out for Iris Leaf Spot in the Mid-Atlantic

    As the Mid-Atlantic enters fall after a hot and humid summer, gardeners face many challenges. Among these are controlling pests and battling disease. Pest and disease infestations tend to be…

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    Irises for the South

    Iris (Iris spp. and cvs., Zones 3–10) blooms are like big butterflies floating in the garden. They are so attractive that every garden should have at least one species, and…

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    For the Love of Irises

    My name is Mary Morgan. My garden is in the Sierra Nevada Mountain foothills of Northern California (about 50 miles south of Lake Tahoe as the crow flies). I had…

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    Daylilies Off the Beaten Track

    Today Betsy Thompson is sharing some of her favorite, and unusual, daylilies. I grow daylilies, iris, hosta, and just about anything else that is pest and disease resistant in my…

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    Making a Beautiful Garden in Zone 3

    Today’s photos come from Marion Taylor, who gardens in a very cold climate in Manitoba, Canada, but doesn’t let that stand in the way of growing beautiful plants. I receive…

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    A Banner Year in the Garden

    My name is Biyuan Yang, and I garden in northern New Jersey. I have shared pictures of my garden before (click here and here), and this year my garden is…

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    A Secret Garden Behind the Hedge

    Welcome to Judy Boyle’s garden! Hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis, Zones 3–7), Leyland cypress (× Cupressocyparis leylandii, Zones 6–10), and green giants (Thuja ‘Green Giant’, Zones 5–8) create a privacy border for the…

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    Trial, Error, and LOTS of Lilies!

    Today we’re visiting Doug and Elaine Downing’s garden in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. We live in a historic home originally built for the employees of Longwood Gardens. When we first came…

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    Creating Privacy With a Garden

    My name is Mary Morgan, and I am a hobby gardener. This 1970s house near Redding, California, is new to me. I needed some privacy from the street, and I…