If you're searching for a mythical name that holds both beauty and power, Iris is a great choice. The meaning of the name Iris comes directly from the Greek word iris, which means "rainbow." Iris was ...

With showy flowers and undemanding personalities, irises are stars of springtime gardens throughout Ohio. They are named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris, attesting to their wide range of ...

Language is fascinating, and makes the world attached to it even more so. Words, root-words and origins. It’s all part of a cool literary maze that helps us understand the world around us. For example ...

If you like your flowers plain and simple, the bearded iris is not for you. It is hard to say which aspect of the iris is the most ornate: its range and mixes of colors, its frills, its size or its ...

A rainbow of color is about to appear in the swamps and gardens of Louisiana, just as Carnival season fades away. Louisiana irises (Iris brevicaulis, Iris fulva, Iris giganticaerulea, Iris hexagona ...

Iris takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow. Iris blossoms can be found in all the colors of the rainbow, in any combination, because of hybridization. For decades, irises have been for ...