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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Diamond Sunset$20.00(Greg Hester,2017) TB, 34" (86 cm), M S. and style arms lemon-yellow; F. lemon-yellow ground, white wash in center, ½" purple wash on edge; beards yellow-orange; ruffled; diamond dusted; slight sweet fragrance. Jazz Band X Queen's Circle. -
Dime A Dance$8.00(Marilyn Boro, 1996) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), M S. white; F. red violet, 1/4 inches light red violet rim, white flash by yellow beard; slight sweet fragrance. Fragrant iris. -
Do Wa Diddy$16.00(Tom Burseen, 1998) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), E S. and style arms chrome yellow; F. burgundy red washed purple black, shoulders gold; beards gold; ruffled; pronounced spicy fragrance. -
Doctor Dark$8.00(T.Burseen 1994) TB 36 inches (91 cm), EM Glossy dark grape violet B-dark purple;musky fragrance -
Dodge City$12.00$10.50(Larry Lauer, 1995) TB, 38-40 inches (97-102 cm), E S. bronze tan overtoned melon; style arms bronze tan; F. bronze tan, slight blue violet flash around tangerine beard; slight sweet fragrance. HM 1998, AM 2000. Fragrant iris. -
Double Shot$12.00(G. Sutton,2000) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), EML & RE S. white, sanded violet blue; style arms violet blue; F. white, heavily striped violet blue; beards white, hairs tipped yellow; slight sweet fragrance. Point in Time X G-83: (Garden Grace x Bountiful Harvest). -
Drama Queen$17.00(Keith Keppel, 2003) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), EM S. near-solid dark blackish cyclamen purple, very faint golden buff ground toward base; style arms blended rose brown and slate purple; F. cyclamen, golden capucine buff ground showing as blaze and distinct veining; beards rusty orange, purple mid-layer, white base; slight sweet fragrance. Tangled Web X Epicenter. HM 2005, AM 2007, Wister 2009, Dykes 2011. -
Dramatic Encounter$14.00(L. Painter 2014) TB, 38 inches L S. ochre-gold, purple-plum midrib infusion; style arms old gold touched plum; F. dark plum, same color lines appear over central falls as flower ages; beards gold; pronounced musky fragrance. Plum Wicked X Upper Hand. -
Dream Indigo$8.50(Cy Bartlett, 1994) IB, 23 inches (58 cm), M S. storm grey; F. violet indigo; beards deep grey; waved, ruffled; moderate sweet fragrance. Fragrant iris. -
Dream of You$8.25$7.50(Frederick Kerr, 1994) TB, 39 inches (99 cm), M S-pastel blue, lemondrop yellow edge F-ultraviolet blue, lavender edge B-orange-blue; ruffled; fragrant. Dover Beach X Twist of Fate. -
Drunk Skunk$16.00(Brad Kasperek, 2012) TB, 33" (84 cm), EM S. and style arms clean medium-pink; F. beetroot red with random streaks of silver white; beards tangerine orange; slight fragrance; ruffled; broken color. -
Dusky Challenger$19.50(Schreiner's 1986) TB 39 inches (99 cm), ML Large purple black with a wonderful shape and super stems. Sweet fragrance. Strong scent of Chocolate. HM 1992 Dykes Medal 1992 -
Dusky Flare$7.25(Powell 1984) TB 34 inches (86 cm) M. Sooty black; bronze beards; spicy fragrance. Fragrant Iris. -
East Indian Spice$10.00(J. Gibson,1997) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), EM S. amber gold, brown orange midrib and flecking; F. gold, 1/2 inches plicata rim and sanded pattern of orange brown; beards orange yellow; ruffled, laced; slight spicy sweet fragrance. Magic Hope X Gigolo. -
Ebony Angel$18.25(L.Johnson 2000) TB 38 inches (97 cm), M Bluish purple black self. B-matching;slight spicy sweet fragrance HM 2002 -
Edith P. Wheeler$16.00(Mc Whirter 1995) TB 36 inches (91 cm) ML. The standards are gold-honey caramel and the falls are brown-burgundy blend, violet blaze; gold beards. Pronounced sweet fragrance. HM 1997 -
Electric Surge$9.00(J.Weiler,1992) TB, 37 inches (94 cm), ML Lightly ruffled palest blue violet; beards very dark violet; slight sweet fragrance. -
Elsiemae Nicholson$8.50(G.Corlew 1986) TB 36 inches (91 cm), M-L Peach pink,lighter in center of F B-bright tangerine;slight fragrance HM 1988 -
Emperor's Delight$10.50(Schreiner's 1997) TB, 39 inches (99 cm), L Purple self B-purple,hairs tipped white;slight fragrance HM 1999 -
Endura$16.00(Darnell & Greg Hester, 2009) TB, 40 inches (102 cm), EM S. and style arms light lavender-blue; F. medium to deep violet, prominent white haft marks; beards white; ruffled; sweet fragrance. (Sapphire Hills x Rebecca Anne) X Jesse's Song.
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