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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Superstition$8.00(Schreiner's 1977) TB 36 inches (91 cm), M Rich ebony with a hint of maroon. Sweet fragrance. HM 1979 AM 1981 -
Sweet Linda$13.00(A. & D. Cadd, 2001) TB, 39 inches (99 cm), M S.dusky pink,orange cast,style peach pink;F.apricot to peach pink,raspberry burgundy lines;B.orange. Pronounced sweet fragrance. Pagan Pink X Vibrations. -
Sweet Musette$12.00(Schreiner's 1986) TB, 37 inches (94 cm), ML The standards are light pink lavender and the falls are rose pink. Sweet fragrance. Awards - HM 1988 AM 1991 -
Sweet Orange Spice$16.00(G.Sutton 1993) TB 34 inches (86 cm), EM Light orange self; beards light orange; pronounced spicy fragrance. Show Biz X (Dazzling Gold x Taco Belle). -
Sweet Reflection$8.00(Maryott's 1991) TB 37 inches (94 cm), M & RE S-palest violet F-velvety deep red violet,lighter rim B-deep yellow throat;fragrant -
Sweets$12.00(George Sutton, 2013) TB, 34" (86 cm), M-L Cadium orange self; beards orange; pronounced sweet fragrance; ruffled. Raspberry Swirl X BrideÕs Blush. -
Swingtown$10.50(Schreiner, 1996) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), L Mulberry claret self B-blue purple;pronounced sweet fragrance. HM 1998, AM 2000. -
Sylvan$8.00(Monty Byers, 1990) TB, SA, 37 inches (94 cm), M-L S. light blue violet lightly suffused red violet at midrib, sprinkled overall with suffused gold underveining culminating in soft green gold edge at top; silvery styles, violet stigmatic lips; F. pale bluish silver, green gold texture veining at hafts, suffused green gold edge; medium violet blue beard tipped yellow, blue violet horns; lightly ruffled; pronounced sweet fragrance.Sporadic rebloom for us in zone 8.
Reported to rebloom in zones 7 to 9.
Late rebloom. -
T-Rex$15.00(Gerald Richardson, 2002) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), ML S. and style arms light blue, deeper blue flush; F. blue white, hafts flushed blue; beards blue white, hairs tipped gold; heavily ruffled; slight fragrance. Honky Tonk Blues X He-Man Blues. HM 2004. -
Tennison Ridge$16.00(J. Begley, 1989) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), E-M & RE S. solid plum burgundy; F. white ground, stitched plum burgundy on edge, nearing black toward hafts; bronze beard tipped burgundy; sweet fragrance. HM 1991, AM 1993. -
Terryton$8.00(Hyram Ames, 1997) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), M S. and style arms yellow; F. white, slight violet shading, 1/4 inches brown rim, hafts washed yellow; beards yellow orange; slight sweet fragrance. HM 2000. -
Thornbird$17.00(Monty Byers, 1989) TB, SA, 35 inches (89 cm), M S. pale ecru; F. greenish tan, deeper at hafts which are overlaid with deep violet lines radiating out from around beard and suffusing into center; violet beard tipped mustard, violet horns or spoons; lightly ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. HM 1991, AM 1993, Wister 1996, Dykes 1997. -
Throb$16.00(Weiler 1991) TB 37 inches (94 cm), ML Dark yellow B-dark gold tipped orange;sweet fragrance HM 1993 -
Thunder Spirit$8.00(Schreiner, 1996) TB, 39 inches (99 cm), M S. and F. deep indigo; style arms dark purple; beards dark purple; heavily ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. HM 1998. -
Tiff$20.00(Larry Lauer, 2014) TB inches 35 (89 cm), E-M S. oxblood red, light yellow markings at midrib; style arms copper-brown; F. ruby red, lilac-purple area around tip of beard; beards saffron-yellow in throat, copper-brown at end; pronounced sweet fragrance; ruffled red self. (Red Rider x Heaven and Earth) X Ransom Note. -
Tiger Honey$9.50(Brad Kasperek, 1994) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), EM S. butterscotch with random golden yellow streaks; F. butterscotch and caramel stripes on golden yellow ground, off-white streaking; beards butterscotch; lightly laced, ruffled; slight fragrance. HM 1996, AM 1998. -
Tom Johnson$9.00(Paul Black, 1996) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), E S-style arms dark purple F-velvety purple black,edged dark purple B-red orange; fragrant. Witches' Sabbath X In Town. HM 1998, AM 2000, Wister 2003. -
Tootsie Roll$17.75(Michle Bersillon, 2015) BB, 20" (51 cm), E-M S. dark chocolate brown, slightly darker on midrib and at edges; style arms light brown, dark brown stripe in center; F. dark chocolate brown, lighter area on hafts and around dark chocolate brown beards; pronounced spicy fragrance. Epicenter X Death by Chocolate. -
Trey Stout$16.00(Hugh Stout, 2014) SDB, 12" (30 cm), EM S. pale lavender, light veining; style arms pale lavender; F. white, light lavender plicata band thin at tip and wider towards hafts, prominent bronze-copper-gold markings extend out _?? of falls from hafts; beards bright gold, hairs based white, tips bright gold; slight sweet fragrance. Happy Jack X Canadian Kisses. -
Triffid$8.25(Monty Byers, 1990) TB, SA, 38 inches (97 cm), E-L S. soft greenish lemon cream; F. creamy white, greenish gold hafts; blue-based beard tipped greenish gold, usually cream horns, sometimes huge purple-tipped plume flounces; lightly ruffled; slight sweet fragrance.
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