Fragrant Iris

Fragrant Irises

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.

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  • Aureoles - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Aureoles$9.00
    (Bruce Filardi, 2011) TB, 43" (109 cm), EM S. creamy white, very narrow laced gold rim; style arms white; F. creamy white, slightly wider and more intense gold rim; beards bright red-orange; slight spicy fragrance. Captain Crunch X Leading Light.
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  • Autumn Bugler - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Autumn Bugler$6.50
    (F. Jones 1986) TB, 28 inches (71 cm), E & RE S. slightly darker than spectrum violet; F. dark purple; white beard tipped orange; slight musky fragrance. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 5 to 9.


  • Autumn Tryst - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Autumn Tryst$17.60
    (Weiler 1993) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), EM & RE The standards are white, shot, stippled & edged rosy lavender and the falls are white, edged rosy lavender; beards pale yellow; slight sweet fragrance. Lilac Stitchery X Earl of Essex. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 6 to 9. Fragrant Iris. HM 1997
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  • Back Street Affair - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Back Street Affair$9.50
    (S.Innerst 1997) TB 34 inches (86 cm), M S-medium yellow F-coffee to milky brown,yellow border B-brilliant gold;fragrant HM 2000
  • Backdraft - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Backdraft$16.00
    (Hugh Stout, 2010) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), M S. warm peach-pink infused with red, gold edge; style arms peach pink; F. rich garnet, 1/8 inch pink edge, small white area on hafts; beards orange red; slight fragrance. Heartland X Broad Shoulders. HM 2012.
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  • Balch Springs - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Balch Springs$7.20
    (H.Nichols 1993) TB 36 inches (91 cm), ML S-light blue F-deeper,edged lighter B-yellow-blue;fragrant HM 1996
  • Barn Dance - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Barn Dance$7.20
    (Monty Byers, 1991) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), EM & RE S. medium light yellow; F. pale straw yellow, slightly deeper yellow hafts and border peppered and sanded rose brown, small white area under bright yellow beard; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Broadway X Spirit of Fiji.
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  • Beginnings - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Beginnings$6.50
    (J,Meek 1992) TB 36 inches (91 cm), M S. almost solidly stitched rosy lavender; F. white, narrow rosy violet plicata band; beards white, tipped rusty orange; ruffled; slight fragrance. Deanna Darcy X Candace.
  • Bermuda Triangle - fragrant Border bearded Iris
    Bermuda Triangle$12.00
    (A. & D. Cadd, 2000) BB, 27 inches (69 cm), M & SA S. and style arms old gold, midribs touched lavender; F. old gold, triangular fluorescent lavender purple wash from beard to edge, darkest at top; beards bronze, small fuzzy lavender horn; slight sweet fragrance. Marsh Light X Branching Out.
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  • Bewilderbeast - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Bewilderbeast$10.50
    (Brad Kasperek, 1995) TB, 30 inches (76 cm), M S-streaked mauve & silver white F-dark mauve with silver white streaking B-golden brown;fragrant. Tiger Honey X Rustic Dance. HM 1997, AM 1999.
  • Billionaire - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Billionaire$8.50
    (Monty Byers, 1987) TB, 32 inches (81 cm), EM-M & RE (Sept/CA) Lightly ruffled bright yellow gold; yellow orange beard; slight musky fragrance. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 5 to 9.
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  • Black Cherry Sorbet - fragrant MDB Miniature tall Bearded Iris
    Black Cherry Sorbet$8.50
    (Chad Harris, 2016) MTB, 22" (56 cm), E S. black cherry-red, style arms buckskin tan. F. orchid ground heavily veined black cherry-red. Beards bright lemon yellow. Slight spicy fragrance. Redrock Princess X Butterscotch Wine.
  • Black Comedy - fragrant Intermediate bearded Iris
    Black Comedy$20.90
    (Paul Black, 2017) IB, 27 inches (69 cm), E-L S. dark black-purple; style arms grape-purple, khaki edge, black-purple crest; F. velvety black; beards saturated mid orange; slight sweet fragrance. Love Spell X P92A: (Lady of the Night x Paul Black).
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  • Blatant - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Blatant$10.50
    (Monty Byers, 1990) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), EM-ML & RE S. clear canary yellow; F. vivid magenta blended beetroot with lighter edge faintly infused old gold, heavily marked hafts; indian yellow beard; ruffled; pronounced musky fragrance. Spirit of Fiji X Broadway. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 5 to 9. Early rebloom.
  • Blitz - fragrant reblooming SDB Standard Dwarf Bearded
    Blitz$7.20
    (John Weiler, 1988) SDB, 10 inches (25 cm), E-L & RE S. full yellow; F. velvety dark yellow; light yellow beard; slight sweet fragrance. HM 1992.
  • Blow Up - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Blow Up$8.00
    (Tom Burseen, 1994) TB, 38 inches (89 cm), EM S. dark chocolate brown; F. bright lemon yellow ground peppered chocolate brown to solid chocolate brown edge; beards bronze; ruffled; slight fragrance.
  • Blue Cheer - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Blue Cheer$9.40
    (L.Lauer 1997) TB 35 inches (89 cm), M Blue,white shoulders B-light blue-white;sweet fragrance HM 2000
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  • Blue Fire - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Blue Fire$7.40
    (D.Pinegar 1995) TB 35 inches (89 cm), ML S. and style arms medium blue; F. medium blue, aging paler, darker center wash, lighter edge and dark blue centerline; beards deep yellow, tipped light blue; heavily ruffled; pronounced sweet fragrance. (Gypsy Rings x Moon Mistress) X Olympiad. Spanish Fork
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  • Blue Jay Way - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Blue Jay Way$7.20
    (L.Lauer 1998) TB 36 inches (91 cm), EM Blue F-with white around white B,yellow throat;sweet fragrance HM 2001
  • Blue Note Blues - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Blue Note Blues$8.30
    (Richard Ernst, 1997) TB, 37 inches (94 cm), M Medium blue F-lighter area near pale yellow B. Pronounced sweet fragrance.
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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