2025 Popularity Poll Results

In this poll, 390 online participants submitted a list of up to 25 of their "favorite iris that grows well for them" to the AIS website between November 2025 and January 2026. The data here is taken from the AIS results in this pdf: https://new.irises.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Popularity-_Final.pdf with minor corrections.

This gallery shows the top 100 Iris over all classes

Total votes are shown in parentheses. Irises from classes other than Tall Bearded are highlighted in ■

#1 (43) 'That's All Folks' TB (Maryott, 5) 40" M	#2 (42) 'Immortality' TB (Zurbrigg, 1982) 30" M & R	#3 (40) 'Thornbird' TB (Byers, 1989) 35" M	#4 (39) ‘Dusky Challenger’ TB (Schreiner, 1986) 39" M to L	#5 (38) ‘Gypsy Lord’ TB (Keppel, 2006) 40" M to L
#6 (32) ‘Daughter Of Stars’ TB (Spoon 2001) 35" EM & R	#7 (31) ‘Don’t Doubt Dalton’ TB (Burseen, 2015) 35" E to L	#8 (30) ‘Jessie’s Song’ TB (Williamson, 1983) 36" M	#8 (30) ‘Stairway To Heaven’ TB (Lauer, 1993) 40" E to M	#10 (29) ‘Dividing Line’ MTB (Bunnell, 2005) 22" M
#11 (28) 'Absolute Treasure' TB (Tasco, 2006) 42" M	#11 (28) 'Bottle Rocket' TB (Sutton, 2010) 35" EM & R	#13 (27) 'Haunted Heart' TB (Keppel, 2010) 36" M	#14 (24) 'Montmartre' TB (Keppel, 2008) 33" E to M	#15 (22) 'Mesmerizer' TB (Byers, 1991) 36" M & R
#15 (22) 'Sharp Dressed Man' TB (Johnson, 2010) 36" M	#15 (22) 'Starwoman' IB (Smith, 1998) 25" M	#15 (22) 'Swans In Flight' SIB (Hollingworth, 2006) 33" L to VL	#19 (21) 'Concertina' IB (Sutton, 2000) 27" EM & R	#19 (21) 'Florentine Silk' TB (Keppel, 2005) 40" M to L
#21 (20) 'Queen's Circle' TB (Kerr, 2000) 32" M to L	#22 (29) 'Bumblebee Deelite' MTB (Norrick, 1986) 18" EM	#22 (19) 'Perry Dyer' AB (Black, 2017) 26" M to L	#24 (18) 'Silverado' TB (Schreiner, 1987) 38" M

#25 tie (17 votes)

'Cat's Eye' SDB (Black, 2002) 15" M

'Conjuration' TB (Byers, 1989) 36" M to L

'Edith Wolford' TB (Hager, 1986) 40" M

'Titan's Glory' TB (Schreiner, 1981) 37" E to M

#29 tie (16 votes)

'Belle Fille' TB (Smith, 2015) 34" E to L

'Clarence' TB (Zurbrigg, 1991) 35" M & R

'Rise Like a Phoenix' TB (Black, 2017) 46" M to L

'Stepping Out' TB (Schreiner, 1964) 38" M to L

#33 tie (15 votes)

'Harvest of Memories' TB (Zurbrigg, 1985) 38" M & R

'Insaniac' TB (Johnson, 2012) 33" M

'Lady Friend' TB (Ghio, 1981) 38" VE to E

'Royston Rubies' TB (Cordes, 2017) 32" LM

'Superstition' TB (Schreiner, 1977) 36" M

#38 tie (14 votes)

'Beverly Sills' TB (Hager, 1979) 36" M

'Dark Universe' TB (Keppel, 2019) 35" E

'Drama Queen' TB (Keppel, 2002) 38" EM

'Folklorico' TB (Kelly, 2021) 34" E to M

#42 tie (13 votes)

'Chihuahuan Desert' TB (Dash, 2016) 37" E to M

'Decked Out' TB (Burseen, 2015) 33" M to VL

'Marry the Night' TB (Johnson, 2017) 32" E

'Vanity' TB (Hager, 1975) 36" E to L

#46 tie (12 votes)

'Alabama Blue Fin' SPX (Copeland, 2017) 38" LM	'Centennial Celebration' TB (Ford, 2021) 35" E	'Crimson King' IB (Barr, 1893) E & R	'Daring Deception' TB (Johnson, 2012) 35" M
'Dracula's Kiss' TB (Schreiner, 2009) 36" LM	'Football Hero' TB (Miller, 2015) 36" M	'Golden Panther' TB (Tasco, 2000) 34" M	'Lovely Livvy' TB (Johnson, 2023) 35" E to M

#54 tie (11 votes)

'Black Gamecock' LA (Chowning, 1980) 24" L	'Blinded by the Light' TB (Lauer, 2017) 32" E to M	'Blueberry Tart' SDB (Chapman, 2002) 11" E & R	'Desert Snow' AB (Black, 2013) 25" M to L	'Don't Stop Believing' TB (Johnson, 2013) 42" L
'Glitter Gulch' TB (Burseen, 2009) 36" EM	'Jungle Shadows' BB (Sass-Graham, 1960) 26" M	'Rosalie Figge' TB (McKnew, 1993) 39" M & R	'William A Setchell' TB (Brehm, 1938) M	'Winter Sky'* TB (Keppel, 2002) 36" EM

*[This is listed in the pdf as 'Winter Sky TB (Zalewska-podiasia 2015)' but I could not find an exact match for that and think it may be a typo. The other possibility might be 'Podlasia Winter']

#64 tie (10 votes)

'Black Lipstick' TB (Keppel, 2016) 35" EM	'Celebration Song' TB (Schreiner, 1993) 37" E to L	'Chihuahua Night' AB (Dash, 2019) 32" E to M	'Easter Candy' TB (Keppel, 2011) 37" E to L	'Indian Chief' TB (Ayres, 1929) E
Iris tectorum SPC (Botanist Maximowicz, 1871, Central and southwest China) 10-15"	'Irresistible Charm' TB (Tasco, 2016) 37" LM	'Magical' TB (Ghio, 2008) 37" E to M	'Oil Painting' TB (Ghio, 2013) 38" EM	'Rare Edition' IB (Gatty, 1980) 24" EM
'Sand Dancer' AB (Tasco, 2010) 32" M	'Sea Power' TB (Keppel, 1999) 38" M	'Splashacata' TB (Tasco, 1998) 35" M	'Sunglasses Needed' TB (Kelly, 2019) 31" EM	'Volcanic Glow' TB (Keppel, 2012) 36" M
'Wabash' TB (Williamson, 1936) 39" M

#80 tie (9 votes)

'Acadian Sky' LA ( Musacchia, 2017) 35"-36" M	'Autumn Tryst' TB (Weiler, 1993) 34" EM & R	'Before the Storm' TB (Innerst, 1989) 36" M	'Black Comedy' IB (Black, 2017) 27" E to L	'Caesar's Brother' SIB (Morgan, 1932)
'Cubs Win It' TB (Schreiner, 2017) 37" M	'Dorothy Devenport' TB (Nichols, 2003) 36-40" E to M	'Elizabethan Age' TB (Baumunk, 2005) 33" E to M	'Ginger Twist' SIB (Schafer/Sacks, 2009) 30" E	'Grand Canyon Sunset' TB (Schreiner, 2011) 35" M
'Hoosier Belle' MTB (Bunnell, 2011) 20"-22" M	Iris Pallida SPC (Botanist Lamarck, 1789, S. E. Europe)	'Kathy Chilton' TB (Kerr, 2006) 35" LM	'Man's Best Friend' IB (Black, 2008) 25" LM	'Mary Frances' TB (Gaulter 1973 ) 38" M
'Ninja Warrior' TB (Miller, 2016) 27" M	'Scoonchee' TB (DeSantis, 1997) 42" E	'Swingtown' TB (Schreiner, 1996) 36" L

8 Votes = 52 Irises,

7 Votes = 70 Irises,

6 Votes = 63 Irises,

5 Votes = 81 Irises

4 Votes = 132 Irises,

3 Votes = 302 Irises,

2 Votes = 659 Irises,

1 Vote = 2709 Irises