Louisiana iris is the name used worldwide for a unique group of Louisiana native iris species and, in particular, their hybrids. Their extraordinary beauty and reliability in the garden have made them ...

Many local gardeners want to use more native plants in their landscapes. There are wonderful trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous plants native to Louisiana and the Gulf Coastal area that are excellent ...

Louisiana irises fit in well with the growing trend in gardening that promotes the use of native plants. Five species, Iris brevicaulis, Iris fulva, Iris giganticaerulea, Iris hexagona and Iris ...

On a crisp morning in February, Gary Salathe and a half-dozen volunteers tramped over a muddy plot of overgrown land in LaPlace, avoiding snakes and hunting irises. Since Salathe founded the Louisiana ...

More than 500 giant blue Louisiana irises rescued from a plot slated for development have found a new home in the wetlands along the Nature Conservancy's Lafitte Woods Preserve nature trail in Grand ...

NEW ORLEANS – Vast stands of wild Louisiana irises — vibrant purple, blue, red, yellow and orange flowers that thrive in the wet, swampy state — have been replaced by roads and buildings, leading to ...

A bench sits on a sandy shore under a tree, looking out over a pond with trees on the other side. - Wirestock/Getty Images Are you one of the unlucky homeowners that has a forever damp part of the ...

While walking around my backyard a few weeks ago, I couldn’t help but marvel at the beauty of the Louisiana irises blooming in my flowerbed. They were gorgeous! I thought about how lucky I was to have ...

One of the oldest and best-known perennials in the home landscape is the bearded iris, sometimes called a German iris or a flag. But the genus Iris contains almost 300 species, and many irises have ...

As a graduate student at Texas A&M, it was brought to my attention on more than one occasion about the incredible preservation work of Caroline Dormon from Louisiana. Though I never knew her, I do ...

Nearly 60 years ago, a historic Black community founded as a home for newly freed slaves was demolished to expand a national park commemorating the Battle of New Orleans and Civil War casualties. Now ...

NEW ORLEANS — Vast stands of wild Louisiana irises — vibrant purple, blue, red, yellow and orange flowers that thrive in the wet, swampy state — have been replaced by roads and buildings, leading to ...