Finally, did it. I pruned off the ends of my pumpkin, winter squash and cantaloupe in a timely manner. If your cantaloupe are smaller than a golf ball, pinch them off. This will give the plant more ...

Iris Folding is The Workshop variety class this week on Wednesday, July 13 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and Thursday, July 14 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Participants will work with paper scraps to create intricate ...

Q: My iris leaves have these elongated brown spots all over them. Is this some kind of disease? Will it kill them? A: That's most likely a fungal leaf spot disease. Irises are somewhat prone to that, ...

I got an email from a reader of our column who asked why their iris was rotting fast at the root. This question caused me to think about a friend of mine who passed away a few years ago. Unfortunately ...

Question: Every spring, my bearded iris come up robust but immediately after flowering the leaves start to get yellow holes and streaks and die down to the rhizomes. What disease is this, and can I ...

The bearded irises used to seem to me too regal and stately to love, in fact, rather pompous. (There are other estimable kinds of irises, but the tall bearded are the most familiar and the most ...

DENVER — Everybody loves iris, but as your garden becomes shadier over time, your iris may need sunnier locations. Even if you have plenty of sun, clumps need to be divided when they become ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. It was always my understanding that the common yellow iris with a raised vein ...