Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. It was always my understanding that the common yellow iris with a raised vein ...

Volunteers dressed to get wet and dirty came to clean up Woods Creek Rotary Park in Sonora on Friday, and they focused on clearing invasive yellow flag iris plants that thrive in the creek, as well as ...

The yellow flag iris is a perennial that often grows in very wet conditions along margins of lakes. They grow two to three feet tall with yellow flowers with three sepals and three petals, with petals ...

Strategy: This perennial plant invades ditch banks, stream banks and semi-moist meadows. Considered a wild flower, it handles grazing, allowing it to spread more efficiently. It has parallel running ...

Yes, it is true that the yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus), which is native to Europe, is used as an ornamental here and blooms with yellow flowers. Like Louisiana irises, they enjoy growing in wet areas ...