Yes there are reblooming iris like Encore azalea. The second bloom often gets frozen in my neck of the woods.

Yes. Reblooming iris are a thing. Which ones work well depend on where exactly you are.

We have several blooming right now in Pennsylvania. i will try to remember to take a pic tomorrow..

Some reblooming iris are more reliable than others. I have a yellow iris named Harvest of Memories blooming now in Virginia. It reblooms each November unless we get an early freeze. I tried several other reblooming varieties and they only bloomed in spring here.

"I have a yellow iris named Harvest of Memories blooming now in Virginia."

I have Harvest of Memories and mine is blooming right now as well.

BTW I did this trim to make it easier to mulch and it really made it easier. I was actually shocked how fast the daylillies grew thier green shoots back, 30% of my iries in areas where the ground isnt as rich stayed the way it looked after I cut 10-12 weeks ago.

This is the one daylilliy blooming for me right now on nov 8. Ive got about 5 of these varietys scattered out in the landscape from a division I did in fall of 2020 and they all have blooms currently. You cant tell it in the pic but these have the smaller blooms which is one of my favorites.. Seems you get more flowers compared to the bigger ones. I have about 10 varietys/colors in the dawrf family.

I also found this guy while taking a fall walk. Hes way down on the ground though where its warm though ha

Yes, I heard about them years ago. I don't have any, but I want some. There is a white reblooming iris called 'Immortality ' that I've heard does well in my area.

https://www.schreinersgardens.com/reblooming-iris

That purple iris is a Louisiana iris "Black Gamecock'. Those iris are not rebloomers.

Immortality is a reliable rebloomer if you’re in a warmer zone (5+). There are many others. They never rebloom for me so I don't really pay attention to that when picking irises.

Baby Blessed (SDB) and Autumn Circus (TB) rebloom reliably for me in Birmingham, AL zone 8a.

Susan

some Iris barbata-cultivars are suposed to re-bloom in fall, but they only do so when enough food and water is supplied, or mostly water actually, I do have Lugano which should rebloom but does so very reluctantly

I even had a Aubrieta-cultivar which should rebloom in fall which mostly did not occur due to dry summers

Randyman, telling us your general location and USDA hardiness zone will help get you more specific answers. For instance, in my central NH location, I have a couple of ihandmedown rises that rebloom only in long, warm autumns, but I would be unlikely to choose a plant for that characteristic because it happens so infrequently here on the border of zones 4-5.

Have the white 'Immortality' and a yellow unknown name; in central NC, both bloom 2x a year, mid-spring (April-May) and mid-fall. (October)

Agree with Babs. I have had 'Victoria Falls' for many years and it has never rebloomed.

Iris s. "Butter and Sugar' on the other hand will rebloom some years if conditions are right.

I was very interested to see this subject come up, because many years ago I bought some Autumn Circus Iris because they were sold locally as being reblooming. In the end I felt kind of ripped off because it didn't say reblooming only in warmer zones. However, this year for the first time ever, one of them did reboom with one flower. Usually, a few of them develop buds, but they never open because the cold weather sets in too quickly.

I am in north Ga near chattanooga, zone 7B.

Speaking of hardiness zones. I think we all jumped a zone this year with the unnormaly warm temps ha. zone 7 b was really a zone 8 this year :)

When I was growing (and living) in southern California I had Immortality rebloom for me twice in the same season for a couple years. I've heard it can even do a third rebloom (that's four total). It must have tired it out, because it just disappeared after that. At least, I bought it as Immortality. It had this beautiful light sea green blush to the flowers. I was never convinced it was really Immortality as I thought that was a pure white. Also, I suspected someone may have cleaned me out as it was a large clump of 40ish flowers open at a time right next to the street. I probably should have divided it or paid more attention to it between bloom cycles. Seems like I should have seen some trace of it or sign of digging, but I didn't notice either.

Fast forward to living (and growing) in Ohio and my new Immortality has yet to bloom for me despite the encouragement of surrounding Iris blooms for 3 years. Shovel pruned that one and left it to die at the top of the hill and it just keeps on growing without blooming for the next 3 years.

Do Irises sport into new colors or from reblooming into non-blooming? I suspect its a matter of culture - fertilizer, sun, soil etc.

There must be a way to encourage reblooming. The right blend of fertilizer, sun and soil. Cutting back spent blooms quickly and/or the entire plant. And, obviously, a long growing season.

@ Steve I would try potting the iris up in like a 2 gallon container and put it in a place that gets a lot of sunshine and see what happens. Ive never tried it but seen where experinced garderners mention it when a plant starts looking bad they will dig it up and repot it. Use a good potting soil becasue regular soil will harden in containers, I know that from experience ha