2025 Novelty Irises

Novelty Irises are those iris that deviate from the mainstream in form, pattern, or other characteristics. They include broken color, horned/spooned/flounced flowers, flat flowers, and variegated foliage. Below you will find a gallery of those irises registered in 2025 that fall within these novelty categories. They are presented in both novelty category and alphabetical order.

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The American Iris Society hopes you enjoy scrolling through the gallery. To provide you with additional information, each Iris is linked to it's cultivar page in the Encyclopedia, just click on the caption or photo.

Gallery of 2025 Broken Color Irises

‘Cinnamon Toast Crunch’
IB
Kevin C. Vaughn

‘Cowgirl Sunset’
SDB
Mike Bale

‘Double Dealing’
TB
Paul Black

‘Doubting Sunrise’
TB
Anita Moran

‘Drop Cloth’
MTB
Kevin C. Vaughn

‘Gagatek’
SDB
Bartosz Debkowski

‘May Be Fate’
TB
Bailey Schiller

‘Peach Berry Jumble’
TB
Paul Black

‘Play With Zebras’
TB
Paul Black

‘Psychedelic Cowgirl’
SDB
Mike Bale

‘Puzzling Identity’
TB
Jim Hedgecock

‘Total Pandamonium’
MTB
Kevin C. Vaughn

For additional information on the Broken Color pattern in iris click here.

Gallery of 2025 Flat Flowers Irises

‘Old Sport’
TB
Schreiner's

‘May Be Fate’
TB
Bailey Schiller

‘Podilski Tovtry’
TB
Oksana Mazur

‘Queen Conch’
TB
Bailey Schiller

‘Shestikryly Serafim’
TB
Tatiyana Borisovna Dudka

For additional information on the Flat Flowers in iris click here.

Gallery of 2025 Horned/Spooned/Flounced Flowers Irises

‘Airbender’
TB
Hugh Stout
"ruffled flounces"

‘Altaira’
TB
David Spence
"horns, plicata and haired"

‘Astro Zinger’
TB
Sharlene Sutter
"horns"

‘Baby Bauble’
SDB
Hugh Stout
"small feathered flounces or horns"

‘Barak’
TB
Glenda Tjepkema
"spoons"

‘Bedlam’
TB
Hugh Stout
"flounces"

‘Black Dagger’
SDB
Richard Tasco
"flounces"

‘Boss Baby’
SDB
Hugh Stout
"lomg, upright flounces"

‘Brown Nose’
TB
Paul Black
"fat horns"

‘Cat Scratch Fever’
TB
Perry Dyer
"long feathered flounces, sometimes horns"

‘Come Mi Piace’
TB
Timothy John Taylor
'short horns"

‘Darth Vader’
TB
Howard Dash
"horns"

‘Date Nandy’
TB
Augusto Bianco
"short horns"
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‘Dearest Polly’
TB
Tom Skahan
"short horns"

‘Doubting Sunrise’
TB
Anita Moran
"small horns at tip"

‘Dyslexique’
TB
Jean-Pierre Mary
"spoons"

‘Enchanted Sword’
TB
Alla Chernoguz
"large flounces"

‘Everly Belle’
TB
Stephanie Myers
"elongated flounces"

‘For The Kids’
TB
Timothy John Taylor
"horns"

‘Gossamer Dragon’
TB
Hugh Stout
"ruffled flounces"

‘Hijinx’
IB
Lynda Miller
"small horns"

‘Hold My Beard’
TB
Drew Fritts
"spoons or horns"

‘Jacen Solo’
TB
Howard Dash
"horns"

‘Katie Rose’
TB
Glenda Tjepkema
"horns"

‘Malaruy Reese’
TB
Mike Bale
"upright flounces"

‘Mardi Gras Magic’
TB
Steve Kelly
"horns or flounces"

‘Messandiere’
BB
Dominique Marchal
"horns"

‘Mykola Mozghovyi’
TB
Alla Chernoguz
"horns"

‘Nyxopanik’
TB
Pia Altenhofer
"hairy horns"

‘Perfectamundo’
TB
Steve Kelly
"occasionally horns"

‘Pink Mango’
TB
Lynda Crossen
"horns"

‘Pink Martini’
TB
Lori Rhodes
"horns, flags, or spoons"

‘Pioggia Io Saro’
TB
Augusto Bianco
"horns"

‘Point To Ponder’
IB
Perry Dyer
"long horns"

‘Powderhorn’
TB
Perry Dyer
"horns"

‘Prost To Mike’
TB
Tom Skahan
"horns"

‘Radosyn’
TB
Alla Chernoguz
"large flounces"

‘Sails At Sunset’
TB
James Cummins
"flounces"

‘Shotgun Sam’
TB
Randall Moore
"horns"

‘Snilek’
TB
Zdenek Seidl
"horns edged with spoons"

‘Soul Of The South’
TB
Jim Hedgecock
"horns"

‘Southpaw’
TB
Hugh Stout
"flounces"

‘That's The Ticket’
TB
Lynda Crossen
"horns"

‘Wing And A Prayer’
TB
Mike Sutton
"layered flounces"

‘Wired For Sound’
TB
Hugh Stout
"small horns"

‘Xuedingqingniao’
TB
Yinjie Wang
"flounces"

For additional information on the horned flowers in iris click here and click here for Flounced and Spooned flowered iris.

Gallery of 2025 Variegated Foliage Irises

‘Butter Caramel Pecan Pie’
TB
Bailey Schiller

‘Double Dealing’
TB
Paul Black

‘Two-Tone Foliage’
SDB
Paul Black

For additional information on the iris with Variegated Foliage click here.

References:

This gallery of irises in the American Iris Society (AIS) Encyclopedia was gathered from the AIS Iris Register with an Advanced Search for irises with the "novelty words" in their Description and a Year Registered year of "2025". The AIS Register is available to AIS members with e-membership access.
A list of Registered 2025 Novelty Irises with links to each iris cultivar page in the AIS Encycloedia.
There are other characteristics which are not as prominent as those captured above but can be found on the Novelty Irises page.
The Historic Iris Preservation Society provides information on purple coloration in iris plants with their Purple Coloration Types (PCT) Project.

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-- DougChyz - 20 Jan 2026