Add irises to the landscaping and interior of your business to make your business more colorful and pleasing to the eye. A pleasantly decorated work space helps improve the morale and productivity of your employees, and a pretty exterior can have a direct impact on the amount of foot traffic you see.

Buy irises from iris growers or iris farms. Create iris bouquets to use as centerpieces and purchase iris flowers to brighten up corners and entryways. Choose wild iris or iris bulbs for outdoor landscaping and select iris flowers for indoors.

1. Find the information you need to grow irises successfully.

2. Order all types of irises from reputable companies.

3. Hire a landscape company to maintain your irises.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Learn how to grow irises

Ignore anyone who tells you that irises are difficult flowers to grow that require extensive care to cultivate. Today's irises are hardier and healthier than they've ever been and are suitable for both indoor and outdoor planting.

I recommend: The Gardener's Network explains how to grow, propagate and maintain your irises with easy to understand instructions. The BackyardGardener.com offers you the direction you need to successfully grow irises in your landscaping.

Shop for high-quality irises bulbs

Take advantage of gardening catalogs that allow you to peruse the company's selection of irises bulbs at your leisure. Such catalogs will help you with not only descriptions and prices of the bulbs they sell, but also with photographs of what your irises bulbs will grow to look like in your landscaping. Check out irises online for more options and more photographs.

I recommend: Schreiner's Iris Gardens boasts an online catalog so you can browse their selection of irises to find exactly what you're looking for. Brecks offers a wide array of irises for you to choose from.

Contract with a landscape company to grow your irises

Shop around and find a local landscape company who will maintain your irises for you, freeing up your time so you can run your business. The professionals typically perform landscape maintenance discreetly so your landscape seems to thrive on its own. You can contract for service for your outdoor plantings, indoor plants or a combination of both to allow your plantings to grow successfully.

I recommend: ValleyCrest has offices across the country and is happy to provide you with the landscape maintenance you need. Chapel Valley Landscape Company provides all types of commercial landscaping from the initial planning to the routine maintenance so you can enjoy your landscape.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Know your growing zone and buy irises that grow well in your climate. You can find your growing zone in any catalog that supplies bulbs or seeds for sale or from any reputable iris grower.