Re: TB: root beer

Seems like the question about root beer scented irises comes up every
year or so.  Just for fun, thought I'd see which irises have been
suggested as candidates in the past.  The first post here asking about
root beer irises was in 1999.  The three irises mentioned most often are
INCA CHIEF (most widely grown) , ALCAZAR, and CITY LIGHTS.  Others that
I saw mentioned were COPPER MOUNTAIN, ANGELUS, and DUTCH CHOCOLATE.

A few quotes:
<The classic bronze 'Inca Chief' has a strong, sweet fragrance
definitely like that of root beer.  The color of the flower also reminds
one of that beverage  Bill Shear>

<Another iris that has a root beer fragrance is ALCAZAR (Vilmorin 1910)
- we just had one open yesterday.    Jean>

<Don't forget City Lights, a modern TB.  There was a lot about it on
Iris Photos....  My grandchildren brought it to my attention by calling
it the root beer iris.             Francelle Edwards,  Glendale, AZ>

<<nukedrocket@yahoo.com> writes:...
irises with a deep purple color. they smelled exactly like root beer!!
I'd really love to find out what they were just to prove I'm not crazy.>

<Copper Mountain is brown and smells like Root Beer.  Schreiner 1978.  I
grew   it for several years. Betty W in BG KY>

<I asked some time back if anyone could identify the heirloom bearded
iris often called the "Root Beer Iris" .. .... I asked Phil Edinger,
HIPS ID Chairman.  Phil tells me:  "This is ANGELUS (Egleberg, 1937)....
...Anner Whitehead>

<... I purchased a  Schreiner  70 iris named DUTCH CHOCOLATE.   ......
thought it was somewhat of a chocolate fragrance.   This last year it
... definitely smelled
like root beer.  Every person that visited us while it was in bloom has
agreed that it indeed smells like root beer.  ....  The flower itself is
a beautiful chocolate color, Carol Ann Northern Middle Tennessee - Zone
6>

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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