Reblooming Irises in
AIS Region 2

The Reblooming Iris Society has classified these irises according to five distinguishable behavior patterns.

 

Rebloomers (Cyclic Rebloomers): cultivars which complete two distinct cycles of bloom i.e. after spring flowering there is a second nearly predictable period of bloom. 

Multiple Blooming Irises:  cultivars which send up bloom stalks repeatedly at any time throughout the growing season, spring to summer and fall. 

Repeaters:  cultivars which produce additional bloomstalks with unpredictable regularity immediately following or shortly after the initial spring bloom. 

Sporadic Rebloomers:  cultivars which unpredictably produce bloom stalks at varying times during the growing season.  Many perform well on the West coast and the Sourthern areas of the United States however they may not show reblooming tendencies in colder climates. 

Secondary Stalk Rebloomers: occur when rhizomes send up secondary stalks in the same growing season.  This type of rebloomer is rare.

 

 

 

Reblooming, or remontant, irises bloom in the Spring and again in the same growing season.
The following is a list of irises that Region 2 members have reported as reblooming in their gardens. 
Note: Irises perform differently in different zones and under different cultural conditions.  This list carries no guarantees.

 

Cultivar (MDB/SDB)
 Coldest
USDA Zone
 Cultivar (IB/MTB/BB)
 Coldest
USDA Zone
 Cultivar (TB)

Coldest
USDA Zone

 Anne Lowe (SDB)
5b
Champagne Encore (IB)
6a
Autumn Tryst (TB)
5a
Autumn Jester (SDB) 
5a
Lady Emma (MTB)
5a
 Corn Dance (TB)
5a
Baby Blessed (SDB)
6b
Many Mahalos (IB)
5b
 Double Shot (TB)
5a
Blueberry Tart (SDB)
5a
Precious Little Pink (IB)
5a
Harvest of Memories (TB)
5b
Chain Reaction
(SDB - Arilbred/1/4 Aril) 
5b
 
6a
Immortality (TB)
5b
Forever Blue (SDB)
5a
 
5a
Jennifer Rebecca (TB)
5b
 Forever Violet (MDB)
5a
5a
July Sunshine  (TB)
5b
Little Showoff (SDB)
5a
5a
Northward Ho  (TB)
(Pictured above, left)
5a
Perpetual Indulgence (SDB)
5b
5a
Red Revival (TB)
5a
Purple Joy (SDB)  
5a
5a
Rosalie Figge (TB)
5a
Ray Jones (SDB)
 5b
 
 5a
 
 Ruby Eruption (SDB)
(pictured above, right)
5a
5a
Sky King Returns (TB) 
5b
Senor Frog (SDB)
6a
6a
Starring Encore (TB)
5a
Sky Willow (SDB)
5a
5a
Sugar Blues (TB)
5a
Stripling (MDB)
6a
5a
Summer Whitewings (TB)
5a
Sun Doll (SDB)
6a
5a
Violet Music (TB)
5a
Wizard of Hope (SDB)
5a
 
5a