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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  • La De Da - fragrant Intermediate bearded Iris
    La De Da$6.50
    (Allan Ensminger, 1998) IB, 22 inches (56 cm), ML Pastel mauve, streaked white; style arms pastel mauve; beards blue, red tip; slight fragrance.
  • La Mer - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    La Mer$8.30
    (Gerald Richardson, 1994) TB, 37 inches (94 cm), EM S. pale blue white; F. light blue, fading smoothly to pale blue rim; beards blue white; slight fragrance. HM 1998.
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  • La Troienne - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    La Troienne$9.00
    (Bruce Filardi, 2011) TB, 38" (97 cm), M S. white almost completely covered with bright dark purple plicata markings; style arms bright dark purple; F. shiny, waxy pure white ground narrowly edged. pale yellow oval spot on shoulder when fresh; beards white tipped mixture of muted gold and purple; ruffled, laced; slight spicy fragrance. Art Deco X Harvest Butterfly.
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  • Lady Essex - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Lady Essex$8.30
    (Lloyd Zurbrigg, 1991) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), M & RE (Sept/VA) S. white with slight violet markings; style arms deep violet; F. white with few violet markings, more at hafts; beards light yellow.

    Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8.

    Reported to rebloom in zones 6 to 9.

    Early rebloom. Fragrant Iris.
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  • Lascivious Dreams - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Lascivious Dreams$17.10
    (S. Innerst,1995) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), M Full dark peach self; beards peach; spicy fragrance. Catalyst X Idol's Dream.
  • Leanna - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Leanna$7.20
    (LeRoy Meininger, 1997) TB, 30 inches (76 cm), EM Heavily ruffled white ground plicata, S. densely peppered lavender, F. with heavily peppered 3/4 inches lavender edge; style arms medium lavender; beards gold, tipped lavender; pronounced sweet fragrance.
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  • Leave the Light On - fragrant Intermediate bearded Iris
    Leave the Light On$14.00
    (Riley Probst, 2013) IB, 22 (56 cm), S. blue-purple with a 1/16 inch gold edge; style arms bright yellow, vertical purple veining on style crests; F. blue-purple luminata pattern, bright yellow area with a 1/4 inch white spear extending downward from beard; beards orange; pronounced sweet fragrance. Wild Hair X High Master. HM 2015, AM 2017.
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  • Lena Baker - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Lena Baker$8.30
    (Frederick Kerr, 1998) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), M S. bright yellow; F. medium yellow, wide golden yellow hafts shading to white at beard, dark red 3/4 inches marginal band; beards golden yellow; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. HM 2001.
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  • Leprechaun's Delight - fragrant reblooming SDB Standard Dwarf Bearded
    Leprechaun's Delight$8.50
    (John Weiler, 1987) SDB, 12 inches (30 cm), E-L & RE Tailored light cream yellow, darker yellow spot pattern in center of F.; blue beard; slight sweet fragrance. Thrice Blessed X Stitch Witch. HM 1989.
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  • Let's Be Friends - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Let's Be Friends$16.00
    (Christopherson 2002) TB, 31 inch (79 cm), M The standards are light purple paling to yellow tan rim and the falls are white ground, purple luminata wash. The beards are yellow with rust hair tips. Slight sweet fragrance. Spirit world X Oninous Stranger.
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  • Letmentertainu - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Letmentertainu$8.30
    (T.Burseen 1995) TB 35 inches (89 cm), EM S-style arms orange,with reddish lavender F-white with red lavender edges B-orange-yellow;fragrant HM 1999
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  • Life of Riley - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Life of Riley$7.20
    (McWhirter 1993) TB 36 inches (91 cm), M S-peach F-rose-tan B-bright red;slight fragrance HM 1995
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  • Light Rebuff - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Light Rebuff$8.30
    (Raymond Smith, 1992) TB, 30 inches (76 cm), M & RE S. pale orange yellow with slight pink cast; F. pale orange yellow veined green; beards yellow, tipped tangerine; ruffled; slight fragrance. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 5 to 9. HM 1993
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  • Like a Charm - fragrant reblooming Intermediate bearded Iris
    Like a Charm$7.20
    (Monty Byers, 1989) IB, 22 inches (56 cm), M & RE SA S. light lemon yellow; F. white with bright yellow from hafts to end of beard; blue beard tipped yellow, blue violet horns; lightly ruffled; pronounced sweet fragrance.
  • Lord of Rings - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Lord of Rings$12.00
    (George Sutton, 2003) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), ML & RE S. and style arms blended burgundy, gold and brown; F. old gold, brown veining, brown marginal ring widening from 1/8 inches at haft to 3/4 inches at distal end; beards gold, hairs tipped bronze; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Pure as Gold X (Orange Popsicle x Bonus Mama).
  • Los Coyotes - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Los Coyotes$7.20
    (Tom Burseen, 1993) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), EM S. brilliant pure golden yellow; F. golden yellow ground with bright red streaks and veining, fine yellow edge; beards gold; ruffled; spicy fragrance. HM 1997.
  • Lou Beet - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Lou Beet$14.00
    (Lou Ehrcke, 1998) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), M S. near mallow purple; F. beetroot purple, faintly edged S. color, hafts conspicuously marked; beards greyed orange; ruffled, lightly laced; slight musky fragrance.
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  • Lou Peach - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Lou Peach$10.00
    (Lou Ehrcke, 1998) TB, 33 inches (84 cm), M Peach, F. washed light magenta rose; beards greyed orange; lightly laced; slight musky fragrance.
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  • Louise Todd - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Louise Todd$7.20
    (J, McWhirter 1995) TB 38 inches (97 cm), ML S-orchid-blue,lavender-blue style arms F-white B-orchid-lavender;slight fragrance
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  • Mabel Andrews - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Mabel Andrews$7.20
    (L. Zurbrigg,1983) TB, 31 inches (79 cm), M Rose pink with lighter spot on F.; rose pink beard; slight sweet fragrance. Fond Wish X Jean Guymer.
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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