I posted this one on another thread but I thought I would add it here for comparison to the other blacks posted here. This one is:

BLACK IS BLACK

Pugsmom

Just took this...kinda rainy out.
Spades

Nice one, and growing in your asparagus bed!!!

Veeerrryyyy Nice!

..Arlyn

Yum, asparagus! Nice bonus in an iris patch!

Midnight Oil

Boy -- that's a dark one, Lori! Do you still have Irises blooming?

Midnight Oil is a dark one. I do not have it. Lori, what is the 'blackest' iris you have ever grown?

That's a beautiful iris, Lori.

No my irises are long gone, I just thought I would pop in with my black iris.
Midnight Oil is my only dark one to bloom this year so I really don't have anything to compare it to but it is pretty dark. It is really a beauty in person.

I may have to put that one on my list. I have several dark purple irises (and for a small yard I have too many) that I need to move out to make room for a really dark one. I have Coal Seams and it did not bloom this year. From the photos on here I have seen of its blooms it is another dark purple. I know there is not a truly black iris but....... Thank you for posting the picture of Midnight Oil Lori.

No problem! If it weren't the first year for it, I would send you some. If you can wait until next year and you remind me, I will send you one of it's increases.

I have Midnight Oil too, but mine didn't bloom this year, and is a very slow increaser. Not sure if that is true for Midnight Oil in general or just my rhizome that has always struggled. Here is a shot form last year -

It is a very dark iris but still is purple in the sun, as in my shot.

Thank you Lori. Leslie that is a lovely shot of it too. Even though it is purple it does look very dark. That may be the one...... now for the perfect blue.... lol

Blue? Dark blue, light blue, medium blue??? What are you looking for???

I have a couple of Victoria Falls rhizomes I dug a couple of days ago that need a home. Do you like it?

Yes, I would like some and I will gladly send postage. YIPPEE! I am looking for blues that are not totally purple. I have ordered a slew of them but maybe it is my soil. I enjoy them anyway. smiles.

I had to go look and much to my surprise, Midnight Oil is doing rather well. I planted it in July of last year and it has increases already and looks pretty healthy and strong to me. Maybe I just did something right for a change in that bed, everything looks good in that spot.