I have been looking for one that matches the catalog
Both brecks and Schreiner have Matt McNames and both seem to add more blue to their "blue iris" pictures.



I look up people growing them and have unfiltered pictures and they are purple.
or is their camera picing up the color wrong?

I just want a blue iris either dark dark blue falls and lighter blue standered
or blue falls with lighter blue standard.
I know the black is just a very dark blue/purple

Glad you asked because I am wondering the same thing. Can't wait to see the responses.

There are many irises in that pattern (they are called neglectas), but getting one with truly black falls and truly blue standards isn't easy. The closest I have seen, in commercially available irises at least, are probably Wicked Good and Dangerous Mood





The closest I've ever seen is this seedling

That seedling is BEAUTIFUL! Who's is it and how do I get it??

Hazeleyes..you sure don't ask for much do you? I am fixin' to owe you my soul and the closest I can come is:
Nighthawks Dream


Proud Tradition


or this oldie Lindberg (absolutely captivating looking out at it from across the garden!)

Here's a pic from my garden of Dangerous Mood:

Ohhh, I like that one too!!

I was looking for a planting guide to send with some irises I am sending someone and found this picture.
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another
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/...

FWIW: Be careful where you order. A lot of mail order places dealing with lots of plants do not have true varieties mailed out; often the depend on growers elsewhere to send them. So what you want is not necessarily what you will get. Stick to known growers/sellers such as Schreiner or others in the vendor list on this forum.

Still a bit on the lavender side instead of a true blue, but this also comes close.

Twist of Fate

That does not look like Best Bet at all to me. I don't have it any more (I killed it too) but here it is when I did.
It was grown in a very shady spot, the top is usually lighter.

Twist of Fate is awesome too!

Kent, I can't keep my mind off that seedling dang it!

I was disappointed in my Matt McNames. This is the first year I have grown it and it was not as blue as depicted in vendors photos.


This was my first year with Dangerous Mood and it did not bloom. I hope it is more blue than MM. I have learned to buy from reputable vendors and to go to the iris wiki site and read the actual description of the iris. Most irises described as blue in catalogs are described as almost blue on the wiki site........ eye opener that.

hazeleyes said:I was looking for a planting guide to send with some irises I am sending someone and found this picture.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pini...
another
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/...

the owner of the picture says it is "Best Bet" purchased through White Flower Farm.looks more purple the ones on here compaired to hers.

@Hazeleyes did you see the pic I posted above? That may be Best Bet but the picture has been altered. It is not that blue! Not, not, not, never, never, never. She lies, lies, lies.

enidcandles said:@Hazeleyes did you see the pic I posted above? That may be Best Bet but the picture has been altered. It is not that blue! Not, not, not, never, never, never. She lies, lies, lies.

or she got the wrong one,she is not selling them.I do love that color though.I will see if she has any more pictures from this year. shhh let me hope....
But if hers is blue then that would be great.I did check white flower farm and the one they show is

Yep, that would be it. It is one of those that depends on soil conditions, light and so forth. Different conditions, different hues. Of course, most of them are affected that way so....

Matt McNames is hard to capture its true color with my camera, wants to make it more blue than it is.
Low light, and I forget what settings...pretty close

General setting...really blue

Using a flash and looking up at it...darn close


But yeah....it's a purple/black bitone, with big beautiful blooms.

This one has intrigued me.. 'Habit'

Habit is a very nice iris. It doesn't have blue standards, though. They are more in the lavender to violet range.