■(SDB) 'Smell The Roses'

1988, Byers

'Smell the Roses' (Monty Byers, R. 1987). Seedling# C12-100. SDB, 13" (33 cm), Early thru late bloom and rebloom. Medium violet blue, blended deeper rosy violet at hafts, much lighter small violet area around beard; medium violet blue beard lightly tipped frosty powder blue; pronounced sweet fragrance. 'Third Charm' X 'Baby Blessed'. Moonshine Gardens 1988. Honorable Mention 1990; Award of Merit 1994.

From the 2022 Rebloom Checklist: Rebloom reported in: AL, CA, CT, ID, IL, KY, MD, MO, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, Ontario. USDA Zones 4, 5, 6, 6b, 7, 8, 8a, 9

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From AIS Bulletin #269 April 1988 Introducing SMELL THE ROSES (SDB) 13", E-L. Third Charm X Baby Blessed. Medium violetblue blended deeper rosy violet at hafts; hlue beards. It does smell just like roses, everyone that has smelled it has agreed. What a potent rose perfume it is too! Probably the strongest, fastest increasing iris I've ever grown. In just two years from the time it was still a seed, it had over 100 increases! A super strong rebloomer, too, starting in early September. $10.00. Moonshine Gardens.

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-- BrockHeilman - 2009-12-08

• SDB 'Smell The Roses' was blooming at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, zone 4b, approximately, May 4-14, in 2017. Although it did have purple spathes, I did not see any Purple Based Foliage at the base of the leaves. -- HollyJohnson2017 -04-01 - 08 Aug 2017

• image:8570: This bloomed from mid September through late October for me near Lincoln, Nebraska.