Iris: garden advice and ideas app for iPhone and iPad
Iris is your free gardening app. You can use it for flower and plant identification, to get plant care advice, tips and reminders, and to speak to our Plant Doctors who can answer your gardening questions.
The ever-growing Iris gardening community is also the perfect place to share your plant and garden photos, questions and ideas, and be inspired.
Whether you’re a novice or a natural, we can help you grow with plant tips and design ideas.
Plant Identification
Iris uses advanced image recognition technology so you can simply take a photo of the unidentified plant, flower, or tree, and the app will let you know what you are looking at, as well as providing helpful information on how to care for the plant.
Plant Doctor
Our Plant Doctors are here and ready to help you get the most out of your garden and plants. Whether you have questions on why your house plant isn’t thriving or how to bring something back to life in the garden, they have years’ worth of gardening wisdom to share.
Plant Care and Tips
Iris has everything you need when it comes to plant care and advice including:
Videos to help you learn new gardening skills
Monthly planners with tips from our plant experts
Plant care and watering reminders
Tips on plants that go well together
Garden design and plant combination ideas from top gardeners
Welcoming Community
The Iris community just keeps growing, and it’s the perfect place to share your questions, triumphs and even tribulations. We’re a warm bunch, who love nothing more than caring for plants, and helping others do the same.
Garden Finder
New to Iris this Spring, The Garden Finder will let you do just that - find gardens to explore and seek inspiration from! You can search for gardens near you, or gardens across the UK - all as part of the National Garden Scheme.
Over 5,000 Plants to Discover
Explore over 5,000 plants; see how to care for them and buy online.
Whatever stage of your gardening journey Iris helps you to become a better gardener. Download for free and start to cultivate your creativity.