War Chief Bearded Iris

War Chief is reblooming beginning September 24th in Zone10B, see my previous post from March. What an amazing iris. A delicious fragrant true red iris.

This is the first Iris of the spring for me, 3/25/24, and this is my first time growing irises. It is a big bold bloom and blood red...it looks so saturated. The throat and beards are very gold. What is amazing is that I am in Zone 10B. The stalk has 5 buds so far and it is not that tall...maybe 24" so far (i think this is because of my Zone). It is all i could have hoped for.

I received the War Chief Bearded Iris bulbs mid-September 2022 and planted them mid-late September 2022.
I had my first bloom mid-April 2023. We had some really cold and icy weather in Texas this year, so I was happy to see these iris survived. They are advertised as a deep red, but mine are a very deep, dark purple.

First year had 3 blooms!

Great to show your family and neighbors who didn't know red irises existed. Mine came up the first year after planting and bloomed a beautiful red brick color just like the photo.