Fragrance is often an overlooked quality of the bearded irises. This can be difficult to understand because the perfumes produced from some of these fragrant flowers vary from light and sweet to heavily scented, dusky and even a "chocolate" essence. If you specifically want fragrant iris flowers, you will be pleased with the following selection from our fragrant irises.
The fragrant Iris often have a sweet scent that makes them doubly enjoyable as a cut flower.
Click on image or name to see larger image or to read/write reviews.
(Margie Valenzuela, 2012) TB, This may not look much like a wagon, but it's color is getting close to a red wagon. When the sun hits it just right........it can look quite red. This is a healthy, great growing plant with rebloom genes. Nice branching too. Sdlg. ROR-05-J, TB. 33-34" Mid-season. Stands. are deep red with orange-brown tint; lower midribs are red-orange to orange. Style arms shades of red-orange, orange, and yellow. Falls are deep red with velvety maroon-red shading and white markings near beard. Beard is yellow tipped mustard.
Parentage: Rustler x (Vanity x Chief Redskin)
(Margie Valenzuela, 2012) TB, This unusual iris not only has copper-gold edges, but it's veins are a golden-tan as well. It's height shows off it's colors, and because it can be early blooming it may be one of the first ones to appear. It's play on colors has a way of grabbing one's eye, it's not easily over-looked. Sdlg. BP-08-1, TB. 35-36" Early and Mid-season. Stands. have shades of Pink to light-pink, with very thin copper-gold edges. Style arms are peach. Falls consists of a blend of rose-lavender and light peach-pink with white markings near the beard. The veining is a golden tan. Note the edges are laced are of copper-gold! Bears an orange/honey-yellow blend.
Parentage: Barbara My Love x Puccini.
Sweet Fragrance
REBLOOMER in zone 8, CA.
Looking for the most fragrant Iris. Try using the search function for the word "pronounced" which should return all the varieties that have a pronounced fragrance.
Some of the tall bearded Iries are also Reblooming Iris. You will be able to identify them when you see the "RE" in the description. RE is for Reblooming (Irises). Some of the reblooming irises are also very fragrant Irises