What is your favorite black iris? Inquiring minds want to know.

Chimney Soot

Hello Darkness. It grows well for me too.

I have grown many so called black irises and so far the darkest one here is Old Black Magic. I am not through growing and comparing them.

I've grown several over the years, and I still cannot narrow it down to one. In no particular order are:
Black Suited


Anvil Of Darkness


Hello Darkness

Here Comes the Night

Really darker than the photo....

janielouy said:Here Comes the Night

Really darker than the photo....

Oh, I like this one.

Totally_Amazing said:Teresa,
My blackest iris is "Black Suited" (left). It is one of my favourite blacks along with "Dark Passion" (middle) which is a very dark purple with frills and is scented and "Devil May Care" (right) which has dark purple standards and black falls with a beautiful orange and blue beard.

Here is a black iris thread from a couple years back...
The thread "Best Black Iris" in Irises forum

my vote(s) are for
Raven Girl


Obsidian


Black is Black

I purchased Obsidian last fall, but the grower sent me Amas instead

I'm waiting for my first black Iris to bloom!...and I see color peaking! I think I also purchased Raven Girl, though, I'll have to double check my book.

Originally wanted to really focus on finding the truest blues though I think I am just as enamored with these dark beauties they are all so stunningly elegant.

Timothy I really like your Black is Black, color and form!

Saw this one at the garden center today, it really caught my eye. Think it is Black Storm, I will check. Not much of an Iris person, but this was really spectacular.
Found out the name is Before the Storm.

I'm waiting for this year's bloom before deciding. Last year I was merely determining if they all looked black and they did.

I'm not that crazy about the solid blacks. But I do like the purple standards with the black falls. I remember having one called "Oklahoma Crude" and it seems to me another was called "Ghost Town". But anytime I grow a black anything, it doesn't seem to want to thrive for me. But then I ain't the best gardener on the planet. Lol. [But on those two, I remember that the falls were really, really black....at least to me.].

Sorry. On my previous post, I said "Ghost Town". It's "Ghost Train".

Again. Not solid black, but the falls were a very nice black.

I like the blacks with the bright orange falls.

Black Lipstick bloomed this year, and didn't disappoint.

How tall was your 'Black Lipstick', Jan? Mine was pretty short. I don't know what I did wrong.

jmcbackyarddigger said:I'm not that crazy about the solid blacks. But I do like the purple standards with the black falls. I remember having one called "Oklahoma Crude" and it seems to me another was called "Ghost Town". But anytime I grow a black anything, it doesn't seem to want to thrive for me. But then I ain't the best gardener on the planet. Lol. [But on those two, I remember that the falls were really, really black....at least to me.].

Maybe a black (ish) from the reddish side of the spectrum??
One Step Beyond -- (Tasco '14)

Two of my favorite black irises come to mind. Midnight Oil, partly because it has a nice grape beard and Old Black Magic because of the cauldron glow effect when it is seen in the sun.