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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ABBEVILLE, La. (WAFB) - Gary Salathe is on a rescue mission of sorts, walking through a backyard swamp near Abbeville. “If you’re faced with a species that could possibly be totally destroyed, that ...

JEAN LAFITTE, La. (AP) " A group that has rescued and replanted more than 20,000 Louisiana irises since 2017 is holding bring-your-own-shovel events this winter to help save Louisiana's state ...

Turning drainage ditches into rivers of blooming irises seemed like a laborious task to say the least, but Stan Gray’s passion paid huge dividends. In April 2016, when thousands of Louisiana irises ...